“Meids” and “Medems”

Source 1 Many wealthier South African families employ domestic workers and so many South African women work as domestic workers. This job is unique in that the employee works within her employer’s living space and is privy to the employer’s private life, intimate relations and personal things. Domestic workers are often considered ‘part of the family’ and are included in family occasions...

How did apartheid create and enforce divisions based on ideas of “we and they”?

Source 1 The Population Registration Act(No. 30)  provided  the basis for separating the population of South Africa into different races. click here to download source. Source 2 All South Africans were issued an Identity number which indicated the population to which they had been allocated. click here to download source. Source 3 Many stories from District Six are about ‘Coloured’...

How did the apartheid divisions of “we and they” affect South Africans?

Source 1 William Modisane, better known as Bloke Modisane, was a South African writer, actor and journalist for Drum Magazine. He tried to promote non-racism in the arts by making concerts and theatre available to Black audiences and tried to further the efforts of the non-racial arts organisations. In 1959 he moved to England.In 1963, he published his autobiography Blame me on history. This...