The Apartheid was a system which was created to economically and socially disenfranchize the natives (non-white majority) of South Africa between 1948 and 1994. The white surpremacy in South Africa was supported and maintained by the Afrikaner minority rule.  Segregation, discrimination and slave labor was enforced through legislation in the National Party government of South Africa.  

South Africa was colonized by the English and the Dutch dutring the 17th Century. The Afrikaner National Party gained control in the 1940's, and the National Party created Apartheid with the intent of controlling economic and social systems in South Africa. Apartheid is the policy or practice of political, legal, or social discrimination, as against the members of a minority group.

Nelson Mandela became a lawyer despite overwhelming adversity in South Africa in the 1950's.  Mandela and wife, Winnie, celebrated on their wedding day June 14, 1958.  The Sharpeville Massacre was the action of South African Apartheid police officers opening fire on native South Africans on March 21, 1960.

United States companies invested in South Africa from 1966 ~ 1981.  The South African Apartheid subsidiaries and affiliates increased from $490 million in direct investments in 1966 to $2.6 billion in assets by 1981.