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The discovery of diamonds in these lands around 1900 resulted in an English invasion which sparked the Boer War.
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Following independence from England, an uneasy power-sharing between the two groups held sway until the 1940's, when the Afrikaner National Party was able to gain a strong majority
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this is when it was a big deal
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everyone was trying so to stop it
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it satrted 1944-1948
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The coloured category included major subgroups of Indians and Asians.
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With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalized.
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Race laws touched every aspect of social life, including a prohibition of marriage between non-whites and whites, and the sanctioning of ``white-only'' jobs. In 1950,
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All political rights, including voting, held by an African were restricted to the designated homeland.
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In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic government in African reserves, known as ``homelands.
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These homelands were independent states to which each African was assigned by the government according to the record of origin which was frequently inaccurate.
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Nevertheless, Africans living in the homelands needed passports to enter South Africa: aliens in their own country
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Wielding the Public Safety Act and the Criminal Law Amendment Act, the white regime had no intention of changing the unjust laws of apartheid.
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Starting in the 60's, a plan of ``Grand Apartheid'' was executed, emphasizing territorial separation and police repression.
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From 1976 to 1981, four of these homelands were created, denationalizing nine million South Africans.
