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Apartheid was originally a system of racial segregation instituted initially by South Africa's National Party in 1933. The system ensured that South Africa was dominated in all forms by the white minority. The system was put into place by South Africa, but gradually gained traction in neighbouring countries as South Africa inherited control over the Southern African British colonies, German Southern Africa and partial control over the Portuguese colonies during the World War. As they were virtually untouched during the War, South Africa helped reconstruct much of Southern Africa, ensuring at least their influence over much of the region. However, the Southern African government found itself more and more isolated, as much of the world turned against them. The 60s and 70s saw massive protests which were brutally shut down by the Angolan, Mozambique, Rhodesian and South African governments. This finally exploded as peaceful efforts from the ANC failed and the Southern half of the continent found itself ablaze. starting with the Angolan Civil War (1973-77) and Rhodesian Civil War (1974-78). The wars spread south, with the Second Rhodesian Civil War (1979), the Mozambique Unrest (1978-1981), the Southwest African Wars (1981-84) and finally, the South African Civil War (1983-87).
However, things did not turn out like the ANC's Nelson Mandela expected, with a unified equal state in Southern Africa. The successive conflicts divided the southern half of the continent permanently, with Apartheid subsisting in Sudwestafrika, South Africa and Rhodesia, but also in Luanda, Cabo Delgado, North Rhodesia, Okavongo, Namibia, Bophuthatswana, Orange River and Mahikeng where the oppressed population never forgave the whites and insalled a black-enforced apartheid. Additionally, many states in the region (Angola, Barotseland, Zambia, Matabeleland, Mozambique, Eswatini and Lesotho) have governments dominated by one race, while the other is discriminated against, or at the very least not exactly equal in climbing the ranks of government. In the end, only three democracies emerged from the carnage: Nelson Mandela's Transvaal, the newly democraticized Botswana (2012) and the Commonwealth's Natal. Nelson Mandela's dream was shattered, as South Africa now lies more divided than ever, with the possibility of reconciliation more distant than ever, although the Orange River State's government has made moves to democratize.