Legislation

Question 1

Natives Land Act

Answer 1

1913

Designated around 10% of land in Africa as reserves in which whites could not buy land

Also meant Africans could not buy land outside of these reserves

Question 2

Mixed Marriage Act

Answer 2

1949

Prohibited marriage between ‘whites’ and ‘non-whites’

Question 3

Immorality Act

Answer 3

1950

Amended the 1927 Act to forbid unmarried sexual intercourse between ‘whites’ and ‘non-whites’

Question 4

Population Registration Act

Answer 4

1950

Formally identified and registered people as one of 4 races: white, coloured, bantu, other

Question 5

Group Areas Act

Answer 5

1950

Defined and segregated areas in cities in which members of each race could live and work. Led to the forcible removal of many townships like Sophiatown, District Six and Cato Manor

Question 6

Separate Representation of Voters Act

Answer 6

1951

Removed the right of coloured people to vote in the Cape. Was deemed invalid by Supreme Court as required 2/3 majority to pass but National Party added sympathies judges and changed decision.

Question 7

Bantu Authorities Act

Answer 7

1951

Granted authority to tribal leaders within traditional tribal areas and homelands.

Question 8

Native Abolition of Passes Act

Answer 8

1952 (extended to women in 1956)

Abolished passes but now required all black males South Africans to carry a passbook at all times within white areas when they were over 16

Was extended to women in 1956 to much opposition

Question 9

Urban Areas Act

Answer 9

1952

Granted rights to a limited group of blacks within cities such as granting them residency in white areas. It applied to people who had lived or worked in these areas for a long time

Question 10

Bantu Education Act

Answer 10

1953

Placed control of all bantu schools under the government who provided an education ‘fit’ for an African to work in society.

Question 11

Reservation of Separate Amenities Act

Answer 11

1953

Allowed for the provision of operate and unequal facilities for different races

Question 12

Extension of University Act

Answer 12

1959

Made it illegal for a ‘non-white’ to apply for a formerly open uni without written permission from the Minister of Internal Affairs. Was done in an attempt to full segregate universities and eventually provide operate uni’s for blacks.

Question 13

Unlawful Organisations Act

Answer 13

1960

Passed following the Sharpeville Massacre and allowed for the banning of the ANC, PAC and other opposition groups

Question 14

Terrorism Act

Answer 14

1967

Established ability for police to detain people indefinitely without trial