Factors leading to the National Party winning the 1948 General Election
Impact of WW2
Failure of the United Party Policies
Re-unity of the Afrikaners
National Party appeal.
South African electoral system
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Impact of WW2 (1)
Laws restricting employment of blacks were relaxed during war.
Black SA paid less - threat to white pay
War work showed black SA's could do skilled work.
whites returning looking for party to return white supremacy.
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Impact of WW2 (2)
Economy in decline.
Whites saw blacks as taking their jobs.
Farmers wanted cheap black labour so resented blacks getting skilled jobs also resented **** keeping food prices low.
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Failure of the United Party policies
Leader - **** - gave speech saying segregation had weakened SA.
Deputy Prime Minister - wanted black education to create skilled workforce. relaxed Passbook laws
Non-discriminatory health care, unemployment insurance & free school meals.
Whites saw this
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Re-unity of Afrikaners
Santam & Sanlam set up by wealthy Afrikaners to helped white businesses to set up.
Broederbond – secret white society.
The Dutch Reformed Church continued to use the Bible as evidence of white superiority.
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National Party appeal (1)
Election promises appealed to both Afrikaners & English speaker.
Promised – Afrikaner rule with blacks removed to their reserves.
To poor Afrikaner and other poor whites, he used the fear of ‘black danger’.
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National Party appeal (2)
Promised
Industrialists – cheap unskilled workers – more flexible apartheid. Blacks - allowed to leave their reservations on a temporary basis – reintroduction and strengthening of pass books.
Afrikaner farmers - cheap black farm labourers.
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The South African Electoral System
The South African electoral system was unevenly weighted. Rural (countryside) constituencies had more representation than urban ones (cities).
This meant there were more seats to be won for less votes in the rural areas. Number of seats, not votes wins t
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Laws restricting employment of blacks were relaxed during war.
Black SA paid less - threat to white pay
War work showed black SA's could do skilled work.
whites returning looking for party to return white supremacy.
Back
Impact of WW2 (1)
Card 3
Front
Economy in decline.
Whites saw blacks as taking their jobs.
Farmers wanted cheap black labour so resented blacks getting skilled jobs also resented **** keeping food prices low.
Back
Card 4
Front
Leader - **** - gave speech saying segregation had weakened SA.
Deputy Prime Minister - wanted black education to create skilled workforce. relaxed Passbook laws
Non-discriminatory health care, unemployment insurance & free school meals.
Whites saw this
Back
Card 5
Front
Santam & Sanlam set up by wealthy Afrikaners to helped white businesses to set up.
Broederbond – secret white society.
The Dutch Reformed Church continued to use the Bible as evidence of white superiority.
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