apartheid

apartheid əpärtˈhīt [key] [Afrik.,=apartness], system of racial segregation peculiar to the Republic of South Africa, the legal basis of which was largely repealed in 1991–92.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Opposition and Repeal
• The Bantustans
• Separate Development Policy
• History
• Bibliography

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