This was the legal segregation of races in South Africa from the 1940's-1990. The laws were passed by the whites-only government of the country (descendants of settlers from Britain and Holland, together called Afrikaners) and were designed to keep the other races in the country subservient. These laws were removed in 1990 after immense political and economic pressure from Western countries, when activist Nelson Mandela was freed (and later became the first black president of the country).

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This was the legal segregation of races in South Africa from the 1940's-1990. The laws were passed by the whites-only government of the country (descendants of settlers from Britain and Holland, together called Afrikaners) and were designed to keep the other races in the country subservient. These laws were removed in 1990 after immense political and economic pressure from Western countries, when activist Nelson Mandela was freed (and later became the first black president of the country).