South Africa: The Impact of World War II

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Migration has been a trend that was started centuries ago and it still continues all around the world till this day. During the post World War II period, migration of Africans to South Africa from other regions had particularly increased. This increase of population had occurred because of many reasons, which included manufacturing increasing, forced migration, encouragement from others to migrate, the end of the apartheid, urbanization, gold and mining, and an economic boom (Reader and Lewis, Iliffe, Maharaj, and Erlmann). Most of the people that migrated either had no choice or voluntarily migrated just because they thought they would have a better opportunity in South Africa (Erlman). The African migrants would keep coming throughout the post World War II period (South Africa- The Impact of World War II).
A big contribution to the reason why Africans migrated to South Africa from other regions in the post World War II period was that the manufacturing industry rose and became very big and important to South Africa (South Africa- The Impact of World War II). When World War II ended, this was the start of the manufacturing industry to sky rocket in South Africa for the first time (South Africa- The Impact of World War II). Also, during the war, manufacturing was necessary because of the high demand in items that were needed during the war (South Africa- The Impact of World War II). As a result of the increase of the manufacturing industry, the amount of people that were able to work and be employed had also increased by 60% (South Africa- The Impact of World War II). Not only that, but the amount of items that were put out increased by six times between the years of 1950 and 1980 (Iliffe 280). The biggest manufacturing...

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"South Africa-The Impact of World War II The Great Depression and the 1930s." South Africa-The Impact of World War II The Great Depression and the 1930s. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 May 2014. .

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