The Use of Environmental Racism in South Africa by the White Minority to Negatively Affect Black South Africans Between 1902 and 1948.

This paper delves into the development of the South African Apartheid State, examining its formative years and how it was able to implement policies that utilized the environment in various forms to destroy and control the lives of Black people. Following the end of the Second Boer War in 1902, the new officials of South Africa would begin working toward a segregated society that would be realized in the election of 1948, with a White Nationalist party receiving the majority seat in the House. Between 1902 and 1948 Officials in South Africa would use the country’s unique environment to accomplish their goals, depriving Black people of their Health, Land, and Livelihoods. Looking at the impacts of Environmental Racism and Slow Violence during this period in South Africa’s history has not been done before, and I hope to show the efficacy of this theory. More work and research will need to be done in the future to properly delve into this complex issue.