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Explain five challenges faced by African Nationalists in struggle for majority rule in South Africa

      

Explain five challenges faced by African Nationalists in struggle for majority rule in South Africa

  

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? Some were arrested and detained by the apartheid government
? The political parties were banned by the government making it difficult for the nationalists to coordinate their activities.
? They lacked unity, rendering their struggle less effective
? Pass laws restricted the movement of Africans thus hampering their interactions
? They lacked adequate funds to finance he struggle thus slowing down their operations
? The government banned African newspapers making it difficult to spread their ideas
? They lacked advanced weapons to fight effectively against the Apartheid police
? Ideologies differences among leaders ie moderates, communists and radicals created a loophole which was exploited by the Apartheid government to divide the nationalists

? Some nationalists were killed, breaking the morale of other freedom fighters
? The apartheid government was too harsh and cruel. It used brutal methods against the Africans
? The government frequently declared states of emergency in South Africa and always ran a police state. This threatened African nationalists
john3 answered the question on October 9, 2017 at 18:21


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