What was the motive behind South African apartheid?

A combination of factors, mainly to do with competition over resources and cultural factors. First, SA was traditionally asset rich but people poor. read more

South Africa and Apartheid, 1940s to 1964 As Africans were moving to self-rule elsewhere on the continent, whites in South Africa were determined that they would maintain their way of life, which to them meant maintaining power. read more

Apartheid called for the separate development of the different racial groups in South Africa. Translated from the Afrikaans meaning 'apartness', apartheid was the ideology supported by the National Party (NP) government and was introduced in South Africa in 1948. read more