Apartheid was a horrific system of racial segregation that happened in South Africa from 1948 to 1991 (although it is debated if it actually ended in 1994).
Domestic Policy
Foreign Policy
Apartheid South Africa acted as a client state of the US Empire throughout it's entire existence, acting as a base to carry out coups, invasions, assassinations and terrorist attacks against anti-american states. Such actions include:
- 1950: The sending of 824 soldiers to fight with the US in the Korean War.[1]
- 1961: Allegedly involved in the crashing of the plane that killed UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld, with aid from the CIA and MI6.[2]
- 1964: The sending of 2,000 - 5,000 troops to assist in the Rhodesian Bush War.[3]
- 1966: Leading the South African Border War that killed thousands, and sending 20,000 soldiers to the Angolan Civil War.
- 1978: Assisting anti-communists in the Mozambican Civil War.
- 1981: Attempting to overthrow France-Albert Rene of Seychelles.
- 1986: Allegedly involved in the assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme, possibly with the CIA.