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ArticleThe Land Act, Traditional Authorities and the Native Affairs Department (NAD) 1913-1953
… Traditional authorities were indispensable in the application of the … related to the control of rural communities. In 1951 the NP government passed the…
ArticleTimeline of the Group Areas Act and Selected Related Pieces Legislation
… it included a clause that would have forced local authorities to set aside 'Asiatic' areas. Due to public … from non-Africans in cities and townships …
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… mixed neighbourhoods (Marquard, 1969: 43). The Group Areas Act was fashioned as the “cornerstone” of Apartheid policy … that was later dropped which would…
Internal Security Amendment Act No 79
… This Act removed the requirement that internment be linked with … Acts and embodied the 1967 Suppression of Communism Act with some amendments. The 'Sobukwe'…
ArticleThe Natives Land Act of 1913
… did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act in 1913, it spans back to the expansion of Dutch colonial … areas of White settlement. Thus, by the…
Article1967 Terrorism Act, No. 83 of 1967
… The 1967 Terrorism Act was one the most important pieces of legislation passed by the South African apartheid regime. Though the Act’s stated purpose was to…
The Black Homeland Citizenship Act of 1970
… a different ethnic group. According to the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act No. 46 of 1959 , Black people were classified into ethnic … to be replaced…
S.A shipwrecks and the National Heritage Resources Act
… The National Heritage Resources Act , no. 25 of 1999, aimed to introduce an interactive and … of legal protection under the National Heritage Resources Act…
Constitutive Act of the African Union
… Constitutive Act of the African Union …
Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Act No 67
… Parliamentary Internal Security Commission Act No 67 …
Early Resistance, the 1913 Land Act and deputations to London
… Congress (SANNC) aimed to contest was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The … but were not able to prevent the passing of…
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act 110 of 1983
… concept of racial segregation or laws like the Group Areas Act that forced different race groups to live in separate … lifting of repressive laws such as the…
ArticleBanishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950
… Banishment under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 …
ArticleHow the Group Areas Act shaped spaces, memories and identities in Cape Town
… The cornerstone of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to prevent interracial contact ‘as far as … in a myriad of ways. In terms of applying the Group Areas Act,…
ArticleCustomary Marriages in South Africa: Understanding The Recognition of Customary Marriages Act of 1998
… establishment of the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998 (RCMA), there were many controversial and … in South Africa, and presents a critique…
The Bloemfontein Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act", The Militant Worked, October-November 1945
… Trade Union Conference and the Industrial Conciliation Act", The Militant Worked, October-November 1945 …
ArticleThe role of traditional leaders during Apartheid
… In the pre-colonial era, 1880 -1893, traditional authorities were important institutions which guided the … of traditional leaders. The Black Administration…
Segregationist Legislation Timeline 1950-1959
… Registration Act, Repeal Act No 114 of 1991. The Bantu Authorities Act, Act No 68 of 1951 In 1951 , in their objective to keep Black people …
ArticleSophiatown Timeline
… The Native (Urban Areas) Act is passed. This ordains city authorities to enforce residential segregation to prevent … Act (1950), the Separate Representation…
ArticlePondoland revolt - 1950 - 1961
… the Apartheid state, the land reclamation programme, the Bantu Authorities system and spontaneous revolts against further … new system as described in the…
List of Laws on Land Dispossession and Segregation
… ‘native’ land ownership were established. The colonial authorities also established tribal land or what came to be … as White. Prevention of Illegal…
ArticleThe Homelands
… to become citizens of their independent Bantustans. The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970 was passed, which … Other laws included the Bantu Authority…
ArticleFreedom Charter timeline 1948-1961
… is elected president of the Transvaal branch of the ANC 1951 The Bantu Authorities Act is passed June, Pixley Seme , a founder …
ArticleApartheid Legislation 1850's-1970's
… the presence of Africans in the urban areas. It gave local authorities the power to demarcate and establish African … Act (also referred to as the Native…
From Segregation to Apartheid
… calls by White agriculture were not ignored. The 1964 Bantu Laws Amendment Act, which repealed the 1932 Native … leadership was a central feature of…
ArticleThe fight against colonialism and imperialism in Africa
… more land and labour increased tensions between colonial authorities and the white communities that had settled in the … again took away from the autonomy of…
ArticleCustomary Law in South Africa: Historical Development as a Legal System and its Relation to Women’s Rights by Devon Wall
… that enforced systems of racial segregation. Under the Bantu Authorities Act of 1951 , the government established an administrative hierarchy …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… from the Governor-General. The second Act ordained city authorities to enforce residential segregation. The … Affairs Department on 17 February 1950. In…
ArticleApartheid and reactions to it
… on them. It introduced the Suppression of Communism Act in 1950. However, in a determined reaction, the … remove the community from Sophiatown to Soweto…
ArticleAfrican National Congress Timeline 1950-1959
… At the conference, the NEC submits its draft report. 1951 30 March, The Group Areas Act comes into effect. A Land … and general strikes against the…