Nature, development and impact of international opinion up to 1978

Question 1

How did the world react to the creation of the Bantustans?

Answer 1

Refused to recognise them as new nations

Question 2

by late 70’s and early 80’s how many foreign businesses were operating in SA?

Answer 2

2000-2500

Question 3

of the foreign businesses operating in SA how many of them were British?

Answer 3

1200

Question 4

in the early 80’s how much did foreign companies invest in SA?

Answer 4

$30 billion

Question 5

What % of industry did foreign businesses count for in the early 80’s?

Answer 5

20%

Question 6

in the 70’s how much did the value of foreign companies operating in SA increase by?

Answer 6

400%

Question 7

How many servants did well off white families usually employ?

Answer 7

1 to 4

Question 8

what were homes in squatter camps made from?

Answer 8

Old tin cans, boxes and canvas

Question 9

in 1978 what % of people had tuberculosis?

Answer 9

40%

Question 10

In 1979 what % of people that had tuberculosis were black?

Answer 10

98%

Question 11

How successfully was apartheid implemented 1958-78?

Answer 11

Ideological basis of Grand apartheid
bantustans
Political and economical success
Opposition 
Foreign relations

Question 12

How did world respond to Soweto uprising?

Answer 12

Outcry at use of armed policemen against children

Question 13

What happened in London to oppose apartheid?

Answer 13

marches

Question 14

What did SA leave?

Answer 14

left the commonwealth

Question 15

What did priest John Collins do?

Answer 15

Set up defence and aid of SA and raised £750,000 for Treason Trial

Question 16

What did British PM MacMillan do?

Answer 16

Went to SA to condemn them to change

Question 17

Why was international reaction to apartheid hypocritical?

Answer 17

UN declaration of human rights clearly made SA a rogue state but SA’s mineral wealth and exploitation of cheap labour meant many countries had large investments in it

Question 18

Between 1946 and 1980 what did the UN do?

Answer 18

passed 158 resolutions concerning SA

Question 19

How did Britain react to Trade Sanctions on SA?

Answer 19

didn’t support them until 1964 when the General Assembly banned arms sales to the country

Question 20

What happened to US, British and French trade with SA in the 50’s and 60’s?

Answer 20

Increased

Question 21

What did the Security Council try to do in 1970?

Answer 21

tried to insist on sanctions but Britain, France and US all vetoed proposal as they thought SA was useful partner against communism

Question 22

in 1971 what % of foreign investment did Britain provide in SA?

Answer 22

70%

Question 23

what did the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) do in 1963?

Answer 23

expelled SA and asked members to close their air space to SA planes but countries that stopped trade, like Kenya, only found the other countries stepped in to take their place

Question 24

What happened to the West Indies cricket tour in 1959?

Answer 24

it was abandoned

Question 25

What happened to SA sport in 1964?

Answer 25

SA banned from Olympic Games

Question 26

What did apartheid gov announce in 1967?

Answer 26

announced inability of ‘coloured’ player Basil D’Oliveira competing in upcoming English Cricket Tour of SA so England cancelled tour

Question 27

What were there demonstrations against in 1969?

Answer 27

Springbok rugby tour of Britain

Question 28

What happened to cricket tour in 1970?

Answer 28

cancelled by MCC and SA was excluded from international cricket until after Mandela’s release

Question 29

What agreement was made in 1977?

Answer 29

Gleneagles agreement: commonwealth banned sporting contacts

Question 30

What were the effects of the sporting sanctions?

Answer 30

in 1976 mixed race teams were allowed to represent SA at an international level but clubs inside SA mostly remained segregated

Question 31

What had happened in Rhodesia by 1965?

Answer 31

white minority gov had declared independence and left British government

Question 32

What was Verwoerd keen for with other African countries?

Answer 32

keen to get on well with them - helped by fact that newly independent ones were poor and needed to trade with SA. when he was killed Vorster continued policy of detente with black African states

Question 33

when did Botswana become independent?

Answer 33

1966 - almost surrounded by SA troops so couldn’t afford to be aggressive

Question 34

in 1919 what the League of Nations given SA?

Answer 34

Mandate over Namibia to prepare it for independence

Question 35

What did SA do with Namibia mandate?

Answer 35

kept control and introduced apartheid

Question 36

How Namibia aid SA?

Answer 36

Blacks outnumbered whites 7 to 1 but whites were in control which provided SA with a buffer against blacks in the north

Question 37

What happened in Portugal in 1974?

Answer 37

there was a revolution in Portugal and in 1975, Mozambique and Angola became independent

Question 38

What happened in Angola?

Answer 38

Civil war between UNITA and MPLA
SA backed UNITA
Black Africa backed MPLA

Question 39

What happened to most of South Africa?

Answer 39

United against SA

Question 40

When was the Muldergate Scandal?

Answer 40

1978

Question 41

what was the Muldergate scandal?

Answer 41

Mulder was Vorster’s right hand man and gave 64 million rand to win friends and influence abroad

Forster had to resign