botha's reforms

• who believed south africa was facing a total onslaught?

  Botha
• when was the idea of total onslaught introduced?

  1978
• what was total onslaught?

  the idea that south africa was facing concentrated attacks from communist forces supproted by the USSR
• what was total strategy?

  the only way to combat total onslaught

  stamp out opposition / introduce reforms to reduce opposition
• how did botha reduce opposition?

  winning hearts and minds (WHAM):

  trade unions made legal

  pass laws abolished - 1986

  3x more funding on black schools
• how did botha increase repression?

  armaments corporation of south africa (ARMSCOR)-> south africa was producing its own arms to bypass the arms boycott

  military funding increased - 1974 - 81 -> R700 - R3,000

  1972 - compulsory enscription of every white south african men for 2 years
• what changes did botha make to the constitution?

  Tricameral Parliament

  he became the president
• what were the features of the tricameal government?

  178 white mps

  84 coloured mps

  45 indian mps
• what was the issue with bothas tricameal government?

  africans were not represented

  whites could outvote any group
• what were the faliures of making trade unions legal?

  botha thought it would decrease the amount of protests but they actually increased as they were now able to do it legally

  e.g. -> Durban strikes 1973
• why did total strategy fail?

  township violence continued

  the economy was declining -> inflations rose 11% - 1983
• what was the international reactions to botha's reforms?

  thye saw it as a way to hide the real issues in aouth africa

  e.g. white dominance still being present

  violence was still occuring