South Africa Under Apartheid: A Totalitarian State

During the apartheid era, in South Africa there was a serious violation of human rights, racial discrimination, police brutality and general abuse of non-Caucasians. Apart from the fact that South Africa has never been ruled by dictatorships, some of these characteristics are totalitarian and South Africa can be said to be a totalitarian state under Apartheid to some extent. This discussion will analyze the apparent totalitarian features of the apartheid era and will be built in the form of a totalitarian state.

The South African government has played a major role in apartheid. During the apartheid, the South African government tried to rule out "black citizenship" through law ("History of South Africa in the apartheid era"). "Social rights, political rights, opportunities for education and economic status are determined by the group to which the person belongs" (History of the apartheid era in South Africa). The government denied that Blacks chose the Court of Appeals for compulsory immigration ('History of South Africa in the apartheid era'). Independent schools and public places have been established for various races since the government enacted a law prohibiting ethnic social connections ("History of South Africa in the apartheid era"). The government tried to quarantine the church in 1957, but failed (Pasco, 80). The legal system is very strict

Prior to 1994, South Africa had experienced extreme apartheid under the apartheid government. However, the focus of this article is on the educational impact of South African government in the apartheid era. 16 years after apartheid was over, I was about to reverse. The apartheid era systematically gave people other than white people the difference in quality and poor education of white people. After the first democratic election in South Africa in 1994, the newly appointed government faced the task of abolishing the educational system in South Africa. South Africa has succeeded in achieving some praiseworthy achievements, but there are still challenges and failures that indicate the need to revise the policy. Not all of these problems are direct results of the apartheid era, but there are at least a few links to many problems.