What is apartheid? Describe the efforts made by the people of South Africa to struggle against the apartheid system

What is apartheid? Describe the efforts made by the people of South Africa to struggle against the apartheid system.

Apartheid was the name of a system of racial discrimination unique to South Africa, which was imposed by the White Europeans on the Blacks. Efforts made by the people of South Africa to struggle against the apartheid system were as follows :

  1. Since 1950, the Blacks, coloured and Indians fought against the apartheid system. They launched protest marches and strikes.
  2. The African National Congress (ANC) led the struggle against this policy of segregation. Many workers’ unions and the Communist Party joined this movement.
  3. Many sensitive Whites also joined the ANC and played a leading role in this movement