How bad was apartheid in South Africa?

Let me start by strongly and absolutely denouncing Apartheid, racism (of any kind), xenophobia, the then National Party and all it did in the name of Apartheid - it was a terrible system and idea, and had tragic consequences for the citizens of South Africa and their neighbours, which will be felt for decades to come. read more

By the mid-1950s, Black South Africans would also use media to challenge the "racialisation" of sports in South Africa; anti-apartheid forces had begun to pinpoint sport as the "weakness" of white national morale. read more

Despite strong and consistent opposition to apartheid within and outside of South Africa, its laws remained in effect for the better part of 50 years. In 1991, the government of President F.W. de Klerk began to repeal most of the legislation that provided the basis for apartheid. read more