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1
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civil war

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in Angola and Mozambique

created an unstable nature as Africa decolonised around SA

2
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fear of communism

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the US feared that SA could become communist which would those their investments in minerals

SA also a route for oil from the ME

3
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Russian control of SA

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if Russia gained control of SA they would take advantage of the West

they would be able to damage their industrial and technological supremacy

4
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sanctions

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artists refusing to perform

cutting trade links

refusing sporting fixtures

refusing educational links

5
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sanctions designed to

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affect the lives of ordinary people who could pressure their government to changes

6
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UN

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condemned SA in 1952

expelled in 1974

7
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UN proposed in

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1962 to impose tough economic sanctions but Britain, Germany, USA and Japan all continued to trade

8
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SA profitable

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for foreign investors

contained Minerals, Diamonds, Gold

9
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Mulder

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Vorster’s right-hand man

given £40 million to win friends in BR, USA, JP

paid magazines

10
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Muldergate scandal result

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Vorster had to resign

11
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British opposition

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student protests in London

British PM opposed Verwoerd’s apartheid- MacMillan “winds of change” speech

12
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sports sanction significance

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SA was considered “sports mad” so by banning sport they were denying mainly white south Africans the focal point of cultural identity

13
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rugby

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became an important battleground for anti-apartheid movement around the world

14
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after 1970

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almost every south African sport had been isolated from all levels of international competition

15
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Springbok rugby tour

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1969-70

strongest opposition came from the political left saying that “apartheid is not a game”

16
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IDAF

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an organisation that smuggled £100 million into SA for the defence of thousands of political prisoners

17
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British boycotts

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many people in Br refused to buy SA fruit and wine

students boycotted barclays as they were heavily involved in SA

18
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SA dependent on

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trade to sell its minerals

only a third of its farmland receives enough rain to grow crops easily

19
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1946

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India ended trade and diplomatic relations with SA

20
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1973

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OPEC stopped selling fuel to SA

by 1986 Botha admitted that it was costly the economy $25 billion

21
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UN ban on selling

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military equipment to SA led them to forge links with Chile and Israel who sold them military arms

the sanctions on arms probably contributed to the SA Defence Force defeat at the battle of Cuito-Cuanavale in Angola in 87-88

22
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Western banks

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called in their loans in 1985

SA had to pay back $13 billion by Dec

the economy collapsed, lost 35% value of the rand in 13 days

23
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500 companies pulled out

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including coca-cola, barclays and General Motors

24
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1980s sanctions

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cut exports by 13% - a serious but not devastating blow

25
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1989-92

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SA GDP went down 3% every year