During apartheid in South Africa power was mainly in whose hands?

In the hands of the white minority

Correct answer: C, the white minority. Apartheid was not a system of equal democratic rule. The white minority controlled the political institutions and used laws to maintain racial privilege, while the Black majority and other racial groups were denied equal political rights. C is correct because it identifies the group that held the dominant political power. A is wrong because farmers, regardless of occupation, were not the ruling category. B is wrong because all citizens did not have equal access to power under apartheid. D is wrong because students were not the group controlling the state. Understanding the phrase “white minority rule” helps explain why the later democratic transition was so important. Memory cue: apartheid means minority racial rule, not equal citizenship.

This is a Class 9 Civics question. Chapter: Constitutional Design. Topic: Democratic transition in South Africa.