Who were the Real Heroes

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Road to Democracy
Heroes of the Struggle

• Who were the Real Heroes
• of the Struggle?

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Political South Africa

• The political structure of our nation has been
  shaped directly by the influences of the
  Apartheid era. Political parties, politicians and
  our very constitution have been shaped by the
  struggle. Consequently policies and legislation
  today attempt to redress the imbalance that was a
  characteristic of the Apartheid era

Politics and its link with history
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Politics 1 Political Parties

• African National Congress
• A popular party partly because it took a pivital
  role in the overthrow of Apartheid
• New National Party
• Struggles with its past as the party that
  implemented Apartheid. Not popular but has
  supporters amongst some Coloured and Whites
• Democratic Alliance
• The remnants of the liberal parties of the
  Apartheid era (PFP, DP etc). Continues to
  safeguard principles of democracy but looks to
  protect economic priviledge

Parties and their link with history
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Politics 1 Political Parties

• Inkatha Freedom Party
• A tribal based party (Zulu) was formed out of
  the divisions sponsored by the policy of Separate
  Development
• Freedom Front
• Last stand of the Afrikaaner movements. Tends to
  have realistic outlook but wants to protect
  Afrikaaner values
• Pan African Congress
• Important player in struggle but Africanist
  stance limits appeal to other racial groups.
  Small but influential group

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Politics 2 Our Politicians

• Thabo Mbekis father, Goven, was head of the ANC
  during the exile years
• Nelson Mandela played a critical role in the
  struggle and was imprisoned on Robben Island

President
People and their link with history
Former President
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Politics 3 The Constitution

• The concerns raised by the injustices of
  Apartheid have resulted in the formularization of
  our democratic constitution. This document is the
  envy of numerous nations who do not have the
  freedoms we have.
• Your right to freedom in terms of
• Race
• Sex
• Religion
• Sexual Orientation
• Gender
• are all protected in terms of the South African
  Constitution

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Economic South Africa

• The economic structure of our nation has also
  been shaped directly by the influences of the
  Apartheid era. Political power might now rest
  with the black majority but economic power still
  rests with the white classes who hold important
  positions within nearly all sectors of the
  economy. Affirmative action is one such strategy
  designed to try and change this.

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Economics 1 Corporate Power

• Corporate power rests with the historically
  advantaged classes and therefore is still
  dominated by English and Afrikaans speaking
  families. Foreign investors too influence the
  goings on in the corporate world. Foreign based
  companies such as Anglo America, Anglo Gold etc.
  are big economic players

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Economics 2 Social Classes
The economic divisions are obvious to us today.
Schooling is just one area where most blacks and
many whites still experience the disadvantages or
benefits derived from their economic class
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Geographic South Africa
POLITICS in South Africa

• The geographical structure of our nation has been
  shaped directly by the influences of the
  Apartheid era. Where we live suburbs and
  townships have been shaped by the struggle.
  Consequently municipal, city and provincial
  boudaries and have recently been redrawn in an
  attempt to redress imbalances. However many
  people remain in the old divisions

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Geography 1 Townships

• Where we live is also a spin off from the
  Apartheid era. Townships were designed as the
  dormatory suburbs for the working black class.
  Blacks were unwelcome in white suburbs at night

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Geography 2 Suburbs

• Compare this slide of a new suburb, Sandton, with
  its
• historical nieghbour, Alexandra, in the previous
  slide.

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Social South Africa
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