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Planted in a South African beach this sign declares the systematic segregation of Apartheid.
On this day in 1994, More than 7 million people receive South African citizenship that had previously been denied under Apartheid policies. Apartheid was a political and social system in South Africa while it was under white minority rule. The word apartheid means “apartness” in Afrikaans. Racial segregation had been used for centuries but when the new policy started in 1948 it was strict and more systematic. After the National Party gained power in South Africa in 1948, its all-white government immediately began enforcing existing policies of racial segregation under a system of legislation that it called apartheid. Thus system was largely in effect until January 3, 1994.
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