Use the image of a sign posted on public facilities in South Africa during apartheid to answer the question.
The sign reads: For use by white persons. These public premises and the amenities thereof have been reserved for the exclusive use of white persons. By order [of the] Provincial Secretary.
The top of the sign is in English, and the bottom of the sign is in Afrikaans, a language used predominantly by white South Africans. Based on this image, what was South Africa like under the apartheid government?
A.
The government treated all citizens equally.
B.
Afrikaners were treated as second-class citizens.
C.
Most citizens of South Africa were Afrikaner.
D.
Racial discrimination was enforced by law.
D. Racial discrimination was enforced by law.
D. Racial discrimination was enforced by law.
D. Racial discrimination was enforced by law.
Based on the sign, it indicates that public premises and amenities were reserved exclusively for white persons. This segregation and exclusion of non-white citizens from public spaces was a key characteristic of the apartheid government in South Africa. The sign explicitly states that it is by order of the Provincial Secretary, which suggests that this policy was officially sanctioned by the government. This clear and deliberate racial segregation demonstrates that South Africa under the apartheid government enforced racial discrimination by law.