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colonialism in South Africa, most goods and resources were owned by the white population.
There is not always the options of buying from black or colored South Africans.
One benefit of boycotts is that you can involve other countries and encourage global
participation. Desmond Tutu supported the economic boycott of his whole country. This
means that he wanted other countries to stop trading or keeping economic relations with his
country. This would harm South Africas economy because they would have no one to sell their
natural resources like diamonds, gold, coal, cocoa beans, and tropical fruits to and no one to
buy natural resources from.
A strike is when employees refuse to work for their employers as a form of protest. Strikers,
like boycotters, also have demands that need to be met in order to end the strike and reach an
agreement. Many South African miners went on strike because of the
harsh working conditions for blacks in South African mines. Students
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in South Africa would also go on strikes of their own. For example,
many students in Soweto refused to attend the schools established for
Inadequate black South Africans in protest of their inadequate resources and
Lacking quality
programs.
Strikes are eective because they take the workforce away and can
often make it impossible for businesses to operate as usual but it can be dicult for citizens to
participate in a strike. If you are striking, you have to think about how to provide for yourself
and your family without a paycheck or what you would do if you were arrested. In South Africa,
it was illegal to strike and mine-workers often feared arrest and had to organize in secret.