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Democracy in South Africa

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Select the incorrect statement:
Democracy was needed in South Africa to _______.

A

save the native languages

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stop apartheid

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bring equality in the use of different facilities

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ask the whites to go back to their country

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Solution

The correct option is D ask the whites to go back to their country
Even after independence, many white people wished to live in South Africa and they were allowed to do so. Democracy was mostly required to remove apartheid and the inequalities that arose because of it.

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