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1
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problem of economy

A

needed black workers

2
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poor quality Bantu education

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SA didn’t have enough skilled workers

1978 first non white students admitted to the University of Stellenbosch

3
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Petty Apartheid disappearing

A

slowly disappearing- cinemas now open to all

1981, beaches in Cape Province stopped being segregated

4
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Petty apartheid

A

transport, swimming pools and toilets remained segregated

1983 Pretoria closed 17 parks to blacks

5
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New Constitution

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1983 new constitution gave votes to coloureds and Indians

whites could veto decisions and wouldn’t hold debates with non-whites

6
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trade unions

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legalised 1979

Botha hoped the government would be able to control them

7
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mixed marriages

A

1985 mixed marriages permitted

Group Areas Act still permitted non-whites from living in white areas- married couples couldn’t live together

8
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opposition to new constitution

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UDF, which brought together 600 different anti-apartheid organisations

1984 election 84% Indians and coloured didn’t vote

9
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problems with Group Areas Act

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due to economy it could no longer be enforced

by 1986 25% of Johannesburg were Indians or Coloureds

10
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government and business

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they were forced to bow to business needs and so Johannesburg Business district was opened to all races

11
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abandoned pass laws

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in 1986

didn’t make it easier for blacks to find jobs and they were still paid far less

12
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Botha couldn’t

A

satisfy everybody, as he was caught between different racial groups

13
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effects of reforms

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non-whites were satisfied - wanted the abandonment of apartheid

violence in townships increased and many refused to pay rent

14
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resistance from right wing

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increased

Terreblanche and his supporters wanted more apartheid not less

15
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election of 1981

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NP lost support - next year conservative party was launched