South Africa

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South Africa is known to be successful after the Apartheid but it really wasn’t. The South African Revolution also known as the time of the Apartheid took place during 1908-1994. It was a long struggle for the Africans, which included riots, protests, segregation and physical pain. During the period of the Apartheid, blacks were not treated with equal respect to the whites. They weren’t allowed to vote, hold office and the children couldn’t go to school with whites. It was a horrific time for blacks, but they were able to get through it. Blacks were fired from their jobs and given to whites. The South Africans could not even hold a job and they wouldn’t be able to earn any money to support their family. Nelson Mandela did change their government to a democracy, but that’s the only positive outcome from the Apartheid. After the Apartheid South Africa was unsuccessful socially, but it was successful from a political standpoint.

In South Africa many children did not obtain the proper education they should of. Children in South Africa were robbed from the proper education they deserved. Teachers did not care about any of the children, they didn’t show up to school and when they did, they didn’t even teach the class. Children began to take matters into their own hands and use violence towards the teachers. Children in South Africa wanted to have professions that required many test to be done and to have a certain education, but due to the education system they were not able to. These children were the next generation of doctors, scientists, and nurses. They were the future. Children had wonderful ideas of their future, but it was taken away from them. Some children wanted to become a nurse, but there was an exam that had to be taken...

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...on and crime was unsuccessful. Nelson Mandela did help the people in South Africa practice democracy, but children’s future was ruined and people were robbed left and right. It isn’t a safe environment to live in, but the laws are unbiased thanks to Nelson Mandela.

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