Category: Apartheid

South Africa, a nation once deeply divided by apartheid, is now trying to mend its wounds by uniting under the banners of cosmopolitanism and nationalism. South Africas vital interest lies in the need to strengthen its national identity whilst recognizing its role in contributing to the cosmopolitan ideal of Ubuntu, specifically on the African continent.…

June 16th, 1976; fire and ash riddle the air, smothering the masses, the physical suffocation however, is insignificant in comparison to the oppression endured by those who suffered the trials of the apartheid regime. This marks the day the oppressed youth of Soweto took a stand, sacrificing the little they had to ensure a greater…

Great lines of patient people snaking through the dirt roads of towns and cities, old women who had waited half a century to cast their vote, saying they had felt like human beings for the first time in their lives, White men and women saying they were proud to live in a free country at…

A group of people living in a specific territory sharing the common geographical, cultural, economic, and political landscapes is called a nation. So people living in that space must have the sense of being one nation one people that work for the common goals of the nation and stand together to fight against any kind…

In South Africa, dominant psychology is based on Western, Eurocentric ideas about mental health. This means that the services provided by mainstream psychology in the field of mental health benefit only white, middle-class people, ignoring the needs of South Africa’s majority black population. The appropriateness of psychology in South Africa has thus been examined, because…

The end of World War Two and the establishment of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights intended to end global injustices and put forth a positive influence on human liberty and dignity; however, the South African policies of apartheid outlined in motion undignified and increasingly oppressive, racially segregated laws  polarising South Africa from…

In South Africa, a system known as apartheid which discriminates against people based on race was part of the government which was controlled by whites. Nelson Mandela was one of the strongest forces to go up against the government to end apartheid. He symbolized all black South Africans who wanted to end their segregation and…

Leaders are those who direct their people, but effective leaders are those who hold the capacity to outgrow and transcend personal capabilities to transform the face of society. Invictus concerns itself with the aftermath of an inhumane Apartheid and the role of an influential leader Mandela who demurs against surrendering to fate while uniting a…

Segregation is defined as the enforced separation of different racial groups in a country, community, or establishment. It is an act of racism. This was a legally growing problem in the late 19th century and lasted until the late 20th century against people of color in many states in the USA and colored people of…