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Apartheid in South Africa emerged as a formal policy in 1948 following the victory of the National Party in the general elections. The historical situation that led to apartheid can be traced back to decades of racial segregation, discrimination, and colonialism, exacerbated by the British and Dutch colonial rule. The government's aim was to institutionalize and enforce racial segregation, maintaining white minority rule through discriminatory laws and policies that oppressed and marginalized the non-white population, particularly the black majority.
