Module 3: Theme 1: Apartheid and the Liberation Struggle in South Africa

Question 1

What is the meaning of the word Apartheid?

Answer 1

Separateness

Question 2

What is the Apartheid system?

Answer 2

It is a system of legislation which upheld the ideology of racial segregation and white supremacy within South Africa.

Question 3

Which party is responsible for the Apartheid laws?

Answer 3

The National Party (NP)

Question 4

What were some of the effects of the Apartheid system on Non-Whites?

Answer 4

They had to use separate public facilities and were barred from entering certain areas in the country.

Question 5

Who was considered the highest class in the social stratification of South Africa?

Answer 5

The whites

Question 6

When was the controversial Land Act passed in South Africa?

Answer 6

1913.

Question 7

What did the Land Act of 1913 entail?

Answer 7

It legislated that all Black South Africans were expected to live on the reserves and it was illegal to work as a sharecropper.

Question 8

What significant action was taken by the NP in 1948?

Answer 8

They banned all interracial integration within the society creating a complex theology which taught that the minority of whites were in control.

Question 9

List the effects of the Apartheid system on the general public.

Answer 9

a. The identification of all citizens by race
b. The exercising of franchise only by the white
population.
c. Poor housing in townships
d. Segregation in health and public places

Question 10

List the laws and acts passed under the Apartheid system.

Answer 10

The Population Registration Act (1950)
Group Areas Act (1950)
Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act (1951)
The Immortality Act (1950, 1957)
The Defence Act

Question 11

What was considered the grandfather of all African movements?

Answer 11

The African National Congress (ANC)

Question 12

Where and when was Nelson Mandela born?

Answer 12

Nelson Mandela was born in Transkei province in 1918.

Question 13

What was his major in university?

Answer 13

He majored in law

Question 14

Which year was Nelson Mandela held for treason against his nation?

Answer 14

The year 1956.

Question 15

What group did he help to create?

Answer 15

The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)

Question 16

What years was he incarcerated?

Answer 16

1962-1990

Question 17

When did he become the president of South Africa?

Answer 17

1993.

Question 18

Who was Winnie Mandela?

Answer 18

Winnie Mandela was a social worker and activist, and the second wife of Nelson Mandela.

Question 19

Who was considered the “Mother of the Nation,” in South Africa?

Answer 19

Winnie Mandela

Question 20

What year did she meet Nelson?

Answer 20

1956.

Question 21

Which year did they get married?

Answer 21

1958

Question 22

What were her contributions to the fight against Apartheid?

Answer 22

When her husband was incarcerated she was adamant about promoting her social and educational expertise to uplift the nation academically and socio-economically.

Question 23

How many years was she convicted for when found guilty of kidnapping?

Answer 23

Six years

Question 24

When did Winnie and Nelson separate?

Answer 24

1992

Question 25

In the year 1993, what was Winnie the president of?

Answer 25

The African National Congress Women’s League

Question 26

In the year 1994, what was Winnie elected as?

Answer 26

The deputy minister of arts, culture, science and technology.

Question 27

When did Winnie resign from parliament?

Answer 27

2003

Question 28

Who is Steve Biko?

Answer 28

Steve Biko is the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa.

Question 29

Steve Biko found what organization in 1968?

Answer 29

The South African Students’ Organization

Question 30

When was the ANC formed

Answer 30

It was formed in 1912 to fight against the discrimination of the apartheid system.