IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR ON THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA (1945 – 1991)

IMPACT OF THE COLD WAR ON THE STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA (1945 – 1991)

ABSTRACT

This study was undertaken to examine the impact of the cold war on the struggle against apartheid in South Africa. The primary source of data for this study is drawn from already written materials of renowned scholarship. In other words, Library research method of data collection is used. That is, Materials found in Libraries, Journals, Newspapers (Nationals Dailies), Magazines, and seminar Monographs, Published and unpublished theses.

This study reveals that The Cold War in the South African possessed a particular dimension which differentiated it markedly from the battle of systems and ideas in continental Europe. This was a direct product of the particular socio-economic development of South Africa, and it's associated class structure which was indelibly linked to racial discrimination and exploitation.