What is the name of the official policy used by South Africa between 1948 and 1994 to separate races?

South Africa’s official policy of racial segregation and discrimination from 1948 to 1994 was called apartheid. Afrikaans is a language, and Hendrik Verwoerd was a political leader associated with apartheid, not the name of the policy. Therefore, the correct choice is apartheid.

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