apartheid
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They need the world’s help, the way pressure helped break South Africa’s apartheid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The party of Nelson Mandela, which led South Africa to overcome apartheid, took only 46 percent of ballots nationally, dipping below 50 percent for the first time since the end of white-minority rule in 1994.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Cowley Nel describes apartheid as a "terrible time" for South Africa, and says she had wanted equality for all.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
In the 1980s, global measures including a U.S. ban on investments and loans to the white-minority government in South Africa hurt the regime and helped force an end to apartheid.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
They were the actions of a man frustrated with the immorality of apartheid and the ruthlessness of the state in protecting it.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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