Why did apartheid collapse in South Africa?

The 'communist threat' which the National Party had said it was fighting, no longer existed. The South African government was deprived of the main reason for its internal repression and its aggressive foreign policy. The will of the Apartheid regime to maintain its system began to flag. read more

The streets of South African cities were beginning to resemble Belfast or Jerusalem, as anti-Apartheid militants (the ANC and PAC) and pro-Apartheid militants (the AWB and Inkatha) waged violent campaigns whose intensity only increased during the 1980s and early 90s. read more

By the 1980's, this system was pretty much collapsing. South Africa had very serious inflation problems. This can be chalked up to sanctions as much as to the fact that economically South Africa was starting to reach the end of its tether with regards to Apartheid. read more

Social scientists and the like will scour archives, looking for the causes for the collapse of apartheid. They will find none. read more