Soulef AICHOUCHE2019-07-182019-07-182018-06-15an008-2018http://dspace.univ-msila.dz:8080//xmlui/handle/123456789/15409Abstract This work highlights an important historical event, the colonization of South Africa by the British who settled there at the beginning of the 18th century with the intention to civilize and Christianize the indigenous people. But in fact, and with the discovery of gold and diamond,they dehumanized them from their vital rights when they applied their cleavage imperialpolicies which deeply affected the nation politically, socially, economically and culturallyBritishrulersformedawhitegovernmentthatrepresentedBritaininitsdrasticmeasures-Hence many coercive illegal laws were implemented on the blacks in their working places, inschools, in factories and in their health system. The most marking traits were SegregationKey words: colonization, cleavage, imperial policies, segregation, Apartheid,Thesis