Bantu Education Act Flashcards
1
Q
What happened?
A
The Native Affairs Department was in charge of education now
Church-schools lost funding and we’re turned over to the government
Verwoerd in charge of Bantu education
2
Q
Train Africans to do servant jobs
“No place for the Bantu in the community above the level of certain forms of labor”
A
Verwoerd theory
3
Q
Result of ANC boycott?
A
“Failed” - too hard to create and maintain school “clubs”
Politically - rattled the govt
Severe protests in the 1970s
