The roots of apartheid go back long before the National ... but not restricted in any way by race; as long as you were rich enough, you could vote whether black, white or mixed race.

A large number of laws were passed to establish the apartheid structure of government. The three most important blocks of legislation were: The Race Classification Act. Every citizen suspected of ...

The segregation and disenfranchisement laws known as "Jim Crow" represented a formal, codified system of racial apartheid that dominated ... and "Colored" signs were constant reminders of the ...