Examine the argument that the inequality, social fragmentation and poverty established by Apartheid is maintained by class and wealth in the New South Africa. What has changed and what has stayed the same?

South Africa During and After Apartheid

South Africa is a land blessed with natural resources including fertile lands , metals and mineral resources such as platinum , gold and diamonds The climate is mild which is ideal for land activities . The richness and potential of this country attracted Dutch and English in the seventeenth century . South Africa has one of the unique histories in the world . It is evident how colonial racism emanated from Europe . The whites invested power and politics which is still manifested today

In the seventeenth century , South Africa was colonized

by English and Dutch . Boers and Afrikaners were the English domination of the Dutch descendants . The discovery of diamond and other mineral resources in 1900 motivated the English invasion as a result of Boer War . Racial discrimination in Africa started with the enactment of Apartheid laws in 1948 . Apartheid was invented when an uneasy power- sharing between the Boers and Afrikaners held sway until 1940 's . Since Afrikaner National Party was able to gain strong majority , they established Apartheid as a means to reinforce their control over the social and economic system Initially , the objective of the apartheid was to maintain white domination and leadership while extending racial separation (Chokshi Carter , Gupta , Martin and Robert , 1995

The term Apartheid is from the African word for apartness ' was actually coined in the 1930 's and later used as a political slogan of the National party . The social and political custom of Apartheid was materialized under law after the primarily...