User:Stephen Bain/Apartheid

Some notes for a planned rewrite of the article on apartheid.

Introduction.

Elements of the apartheid system
Discussing the elements of the policy as implemented, the legislation enacting the policy, the methods for enforcing the policy and so forth.

Ideology of apartheid
The "grand apartheid" vision, etc.

Racial classification
The four classifications, the Population Registration Act, the tests for classification. The disenfranchisement of Coloured voters.

Pass laws
The Urban Areas Act, the Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act and so forth.

Segregation and resettlement
The Group Areas Act, the townships, petty apartheid. Later, the bantustans.

Enforcement
The Suppression of Communism Act, the Terrorism Act.

History of apartheid
Discussing major events in the history of the policy: things caused by the policy, resistance to the policy, etc.

Implementation
The rise of the National Party, the 1948 election, the initial implementation of apartheid.

Resistance in the 1950s
The changing of the guard in the ANC, the Defiance campaign, the Freedom Charter, the ANC/PAC split. The Treason Trial.

Resistance in the 1960s
The ANC's shift to violent action and the rise of Umkhonto we Sizwe. The Rivonia Trial.

Black trade unionism
The legalisation of black trade unions. The formation of FOSATU and other such groups.

The tricameral constitution and the UDF
The formation of the President's Council, and then of the Tricameral Parliament. The formation of the UDF in response.

The "township revolt"
COSAS and the school boycotts. Conflict in the Vaal Triangle. Strikes and stay-aways. The massacre at Uitenhage. The 1985 partial state of emergency and the 1986 complete state of emergency.

The "Rubicon fiasco". The liquidity crisis and the collapse in the rand.

Negotiations and transition
The release of Mandela and the unbanning of the ANC, PAC and SACP. The negotiations. The Interim Constitution and the 1994 elections.

Sports boycotts
1971 Springbok tour of Australia. 1981 Springbok Tour of New Zealand. The rebel tours. The Gleneagles Agreement.

Economic and financial sanctions
The Sullivan Principles. Disinvestment from South Africa. Anti-Apartheid Movement and other boycotts. Nordic, EEC, Commonwealth, US and UK sanctions.

UN action
Resolution 1761.

Aftermath and consequences of apartheid
Discussing what happened immediately in the wake of apartheid, and the long-term effects of apartheid.