👉 Apartheid is a system of racial segregation and discrimination that was in place in South Africa from 1948 until the end of its existence in 1994. This system was implemented with the aim of preventing white people from gaining political power, as well as for economic reasons. The apartheid policy involved the separation of black people into separate communities based on race and religion, which were also separated by racial lines. The government would set up laws that discriminated against both black and