This essay comprises 8 parts, as follows

Introduction

South African Apartheid I: The British-Boer Wars, 1899-1902

South African Apartheid II: The Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism, 1908-1945

South-African Apartheid III: The intensification of Afrikaner Nationalism, 1945-1948

South-African Apartheid IV: Reaction to Apartheid, 1951 - 1961

South African Apartheid V: The Darkening Plain, 1961-1985

South African Apartheid VI: The Last Act, 1986-1993

Annexes: Legislative Acts related to Apartheid

South African Apartheid II: The Rise of Afrikaner Nationalism, 1908-1945

This necessarily brief account will explain much of what happened after the National Party victory of 1948. Their triumph in that fateful election was the culmination of a long, protracted struggle by the Boers/Afrikaners to regain political supremacy. The High Commissioner at the time, Lord Alfred Milner, had been...

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Citation: Raditlhalo, Sam. "Apartheid: Part II". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 23 March 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5778, accessed 14 December 2025.]