Nelson Mandela and the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa Apartheid - means "separateness" in the Afrikaans language. It describes the racial division between the governing white minority population and the non-white population. 1948 - The National Party gains control of South Africa, and introduces apartheid as one of their policies. 1950 - Group Areas Act is enacted. It gives a small percentage of land to the black population, while the white minority gains control of 80% of South …showed first 75 words of 465 total…

…showed last 75 words of 465 total…Mbeki of the ANC became president. Today, Mandela advocates HIV prevention and disagrees with the U.S. attack on Iraq without UN approval. Results - Mandela successfully ended the government policy of apartheid, and improved the living standards for black South Africans. However, violence and bloodshed were devastating results from the anti-apartheid movement, and although apartheid laws no longer exist, apartheid is present in South African society today in the form of racism and prejudice.