During the apartheid years, doctors left to avoid military service or to protest the all-white regime.
Even for blacks, who were forced to leave before dark during the apartheid years, it was often an exciting place to work, shop and eat.
Education was scarce for Zulu boys growing up in the early apartheid years.
The Youth League continued its activities underground during the remainder of the apartheid years.
It grew to dominate its home market, but was locked out of international expansion in the apartheid years.
The South African security police used torture in the apartheid years, and some conclusions were drawn from that experience.
This role, however, declined as South Africa became increasingly isolated during the apartheid years.
The town was incorporated into the former Transkei bantustan during the apartheid years.
Had he lived, the country might perhaps have been spared the long agony of the apartheid years.
The truth about what really happened during South Africa's apartheid years might never be told if those who committed the atrocities were not given amnesty.