OCR Alevel History South Africa KFs

What % of black schools did not have electricity?

30%

What % of black schools did not have running water?

25%

What % of black children were in education in 1939?

33%

How many homelands/bantustans were there?

10

What % of the South African population were black?

almost two thirds

How much of South Africa's land was assigned to the homelands?

13%

What % of blacks lived in the bantustans?

39%

When was the MK founded and by whom?

1961 - Nelson Mandela

What was the unemployment rate by 1998?

25% - 9th highest in the world

What was the increase in HIV/AIDs rate in the 1990s?

10% in 1995

22% in 2000

When was the Defiance Campaign and how many people took part?

26th June 1952, 8,500

How significant was the increase in ANC membership following the Defiance Campaign?

7,000 - 93,000

When was the Freedom Charter?

1955

How many people attended the congress of the people?

3,000

What were the consequences of the Freedom Charter?

156 activists arrested, ANC banned

When was the Sharpeville Massacre?

21st March 1960

How many people were killed or injured at the Sharpeville Massacre?

96 killed, 180 injured

When was the Soweto Uprising?

16th June 1976

How many people were killed or injured in the Soweto Uprising?

176-700+ killed, 1,000 injured

How many groups took part in CODESA?

19

Which groups did not attend CODESA talks?

PAC and IFP

When were black trade unions legalised?

1979

When was the New Constitution and what did it do?

1983 - gave vote to Indians and Coloureds

When were the Pass Laws abolished?

1986

When was the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act?

1949

What criteria was used to define race?

Physical features, language, socioeconomic status, employment, location

Which 4 Acts were passed in 1950?

Population Registration, Immorality, Group Areas, Suppression of Communism

When was the Abolition of Passes Act?

1952 - extended pass laws. All blacks over 16 had to carry a pass

When was the Separate Amenities Act passed?

1953 - petty apartheid.

When was the Bantu Education Act passed?

1953

How much did the 1955 Motor Transport Act cost Johannesburg buses?

£500,000

When was the Sauer Report?

1948

What did Malan say about intergration in the Sauer Report?

would be 'national suicide'

What significant act was passed in 1959?

Bantu Self-Government Act

When did the first Bantustan become independent?

1976 - Transkei independence

When did South Africa leave the Commonwealth?

1961

How much did the police force increase between 1946 and 1955?

25%

What was South Africa's growth rate between 1960 and 1970?

averaged 6%

What did Whites think about Vorster's policies?

82% thought he was doing a good job

What did Vorster call for in his 1967 speech?

unity between English and Afrikaner

When did South Africa go to war with Angola?

October 1975

How much did white income rise by in the 1960s?

50%

How many people were arrested following the Sharpeville massacre?

18,000

When was the PAC set up and by whom?

1959, Robert Sobukwe

What was the IDAF?

International Defence and Aid Fund - set up in Britain to support Anti-Apartheid Movement

What was the 1977 Gleneagles agreement?

An agreement that there was to be no sporting contact with SA, until Apartheid had ended

When was South Africa banned from the Olympics?

1964

What happened in 1973?

Worldwide economic crisis

How many workers went on strike in Natal in 1973?

200,000

When was Biko murdered?

1977

What did Biko set up in 1969?

SASO - South Africa Students' Organisation

What was the population of Soweto in the 1970s?

800,000-1.5 million - around half under 20

How much did the Government spend on white education?

10x more than on black education

How many students travelled abroad after Soweto and why?

14,000 to join MK and ANC

When did the UN first condemn Apartheid?

1952

When was South Africa expelled from the UN?

1974

When did the UN first propose trade sanctions on South Africa?

1962

When was the Muldergate Scandal?

1978

When did Botha become prime minister?

1978

How big was the South African army by 1981?

250,000 + 250,000 reserves

How much did military spending increase?

700 million in 1974 to 3,000 million in 1981

How many people watched the Rubicon speech in 1985?

2 million

How much did the value of the rand drop following Botha's speech

35% - South Africa Stock Exchange closed

What % of black South Africans were under 25 by 1980?

50%

What does COSAS stand for and when was it formed?

Congress of South African Students - 1979

How many students boycotted classes in 1980?

100,000

What % of Afrikaners did not support the NP in the 1987 election?

37%

How many working days were lost in 1974 and 1982?

1975 - 14,167

1982 - 365,337

What was COSATU?

Confederation of South African Trade Unions - led by Cyril Ramphosa