African History Glossary - Apartheid Laws

African History Glossary -- Apartheid Laws

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A glossary of Apartheid Legislation in South Africa.
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Apartheid Legislation in South Africa
Descriptions of the main apartheid legislation enacted in South Africa.
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The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949) forbid white people from marrying non-white people in South Africa, but did not prevent other inter-racial marriages.
Apartheid Era Laws: Immorality Amendment Act No 21 of 1950
What was the Immorality Amendment Act No 21 of 1950
Population Registration Act No 30 of 1950
The Population Registration Act required South Africans to be identified and registered as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups. Find out more...
Group Areas Act No 41 of 1950
The Group Areas Act No 41 of 1950 forced physical separation between races by creating different residential areas for different races. Find out more…
Suppression of Communism Act No 44 Apartheid Law of 1950
What was the Suppression of Communism Act No 44 of 1950
Apartheid Era Laws: Black (Bantu) Authorities Act No 68 of 1951
The Black Authorities Act No 68 of 1951 allowed for the creation of traditional tribal, regional and territorial authorities. Find out more…
Blacks Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents Act
Blacks (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act No 67 of 1952 required all black persons over the age of 16 to carry a reference (or pass) book at all times. Find out more...
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act No 46 of 1959
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act No 46 of 1959 allowed for the transformation of reserves into fully-fledged independent Bantustans. Find out more…
Apartheid Era Laws: Unlawful Organisations Act No 34 of 1960
What was the Unlawful Organisations Act No 34 of 1960?
What Was the Sobukwe Clause of 1963?
What was the Sobukwe Clause?
Apartheid Era Laws: Terrorism Act No 83 of 1967
The Terrorism Act allowed unlimited detention of anti-apartheid activists without appeal. Find out more...
Apartheid Era Laws: Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act No 26 of 1970
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act No 26 of 1970 required that all South African Blacks become citizens of one of the self-governing territories. Find out more…
Apartheid Era Laws: Identification Act No 72 of 1986
Identification Act No 72 of 1986 removed the requirement for Identity Numbers to reflect race. Find out more...
Pass Laws
What were the Pass Laws in Apartheid era South Africa?
The Extension of University Education Act in South Africa
The Expansion of University Education Act segregated Apartheid universities by race and ethnicity, ensuring non-white students received limited educations.
Identification Act No 72 of 1986
Identification Act No 72 of 1986 removed the requirement for Identity Numbers to reflect race. Find out more...
Restoration of South African Citizenship Act No 73 of 1986
The Apartheid Era Laws: Restoration of South African Citizenship Act No 73 of 1986 gave (or returned) South African citizenship to qualifying citizens of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei. Find out more…
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act
Extension of University Education Act, 1959
The Expansion of University Education Act segregated Apartheid universities by race and ethnicity, ensuring non-white students received limited educations.
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