HIST 382 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Major Force
25 Mar 2019
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The late 1970s were a turning point because the unrest that was occasioned by the shooting as students continued to a year of unrest and would build in the mid-80s to a mass struggle. A mobilization of society as a whole that would play a key role in making south africa to appear to be impossible to govern. There were deepening economic problems by the beginning of the 80s. South africa"s economic miracle from mining and international support was diminishing. Townships were full of youth who do not have good economic prospects. Outside, they key international props of the regime were being removed. There was the conviction to refuse the governing structures of apartheid and this became something that swept across the nation like fire. From within the apartheid regime, there was a problem with self confidence. Those charged with apartheid found it difficult to make a way out.
