Apartheid: ancient, past and present
Date
1999-06-11T11:14:30Z
Authors
Bathish, Nisreen
Löwstedt, Anthony, 1961-
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Abstract
South Africa's National Party, which ruled the country from 1948
until 1994, itself coined the term apartheid to veil or mask the oppressive elements of its policies and
practices. The concept of separateness in itself does not imply any group being favored over
any other Segregation per se of ethnic entities, after all, was supported by some South
African Blacks. Now in common usage all over the world, apartheid has drifted away from
its original lexical meaning to denote physically repressive, economically exploitative and
ideologically racist or ethnicist segregation. This paper focuses on three apartheid societies,
Graeco-Roman Egypt, South Africa and Israel, and offers conceptual reflections on possible
frameworks for future Truth and Reconciliation Commissions, especially with regard to
present day Israel.
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Paper presented at the Wits History Workshop; Commissioning the Past, 11-14 June, 1999
Keywords
Apartheid, South Africa, Israel, Egypt (Graeco-Roman), Egypt History, 30 BC-640 AD, Truth and Reconciliation Comissions