Feature Article
Life during apartheid-South Africa: A survivor’s story. (By: Kamogelo Tselane, 2 Sep 2022). GAUTENG, SOUTH AFRICA. Mary Monyai, 64, is one of the people who suffered oppression during the apartheid era in South Africa from 1948 to 1994 by being discriminated against, due to being black. Apartheid first began in 1948 in South Africa, as a guideline which governed the association between the white population and the black population. It controlled how people lived, where they lived, what kind of occupations they had and others, based on their race. Black and Indian people were the groups mostly affected by the dictation of apartheid. They were discriminated against, treated as minority groups, and racially segregated. The black majority firstly had zero or poor access to education. They were not allowed to vote or to partake in any decision-making, even when it came to issues that affected them. Monyai shared her experiences under the apartheid laws, as well as her