south africa
I South Africa South Africa is something of an anomaly. ... Until 1994, it was the only white minority dominated state in Africa. The whites that live in South Africa see themselves as natives of the land. We will look at this land’s complex and tragic past to understand what is currently going on in South Africa. II The Peopling of South Africa The belief that the country was a raw empty land when settlers arrived in the seventeenth century is false. ... III The Roots of Racial Discrimination: The Dutch Era In 1652 the Dutch India Company saw South Africa as a halfway house to the Orient. Due to an unequal sex ratio men turned to the Khoi and especially slave women of south Asian decent. ... In 1910, the Union of South Africa was established. ... VII The Attempt to Modernize Apartheid World opinion was beginning to turn against South Africa. ... Numerous near legendary figures began to return to South Africa, and many corrupt homeland regimes were overthrown. ... X The Tortuous Road to a New South Africa Late in 1993 after much compromise, an intern constitution was created, and implemented after non-racial elections in 1994.