From what I have heard, South Africa has been the location of many ethnic conflicts. In the past, ethnic conflicts here have been very prevalent. One of the most obvious and most famous examples of this is apartheid. Apartheid was a legal system of segregation administered for the first time in 1948. This system classified all residents as one of four ethnicities: black, white, coloured, and Indian. Under apartheid, everyone who was black was practically completely isolate from the whites. One example of this was that residential zones were separated by race, whether that separation was done willingly or forcefully. In addition, blacks and whites had almost everything separate. These segregated social aspects included medical care, education, facilities, and many other things, and needless to say, the blacks' utilities were of much lower quality. As if that wasn't enough, to add insult to injury, the blacks were no longer even considered citizens of South Africa. It is no surprise to me that apartheid caused many protests, uprisings, and even riots. What is surprising is that even this did not put and end to apartheid. Apartheid continued to be completely relevant in South Africa until 1994, which is most likely due to the fact that any anti-apartheid leaders were imprisoned and all who opposed apartheid were banned. Luckily for everyone, in 1994, there was a change in the party in power when the ANC won the election with 62.65% of the votes. The ANC abolished apartheid, but remnants of it can still be seen in South Africa. It is great now that my teammates and I can compete in a place that is much more tolerant now than it was just 16 years ago, even though there is still some racial conflict. Being that we are from Slovenia, and are all white, apartheid wouldn't have affected us all that much anyways, but it makes all of us feel much more comfortable in a less segregated country.