Australian Thesaurus of Educational Descriptors

Afrikaan word meaning 'apartness,' referring to the former system of racial segregation and political and economic discrimination officially practiced in the Republic of South Africa (and the territory of Namibia) after the 1948 election victory of the Afrikaaner Nationalist Party (Note: Namibia achieved independence in March 1990, and South Africa abandoned the system under a new constitution and all-race elections in April 1994)

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