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Land Act of 1913
The Land Act of 1913 defined less than one-tenth of South Africa as Black “reserves.” -
Africans
The homelands constituted only 13% of the land, for 75% of the population -
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Mass Evictions of African Americans
Large removals of Africans, Indians, and Coloreds were carried out to implement the group Areas Act, which mandated residential segregation throughout the country. -
Reference Books
The government enacted an even more rigid law that required all African males over the age of 16 to carry a "reference book" containing personal information and employees history. -
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Defiance Campaign
The Defiance Campaign against Unjust Laws was presented by the African National Congress at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951. -
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Sophiatown in Johannesburg
Sophiatown was a black cultural hub that was destroyed under apartheid. -
Women's protest in Pretoria
On 9 August 1956, about 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government's control over the movement of black women in urban areas. -
Bantu Self Government Act
Promotion of the Bantu Self-Government Act for people to agree with them. -
Burning of Passes
Burning of passes at the police station in Sharpeville where 69 protests were massacred -
District 6 in Capetown
District Six is a former inner-city residential area in Cape Town, South Africa. Over 60,000 of its inhabitants were forcibly removed during the 1970s by the apartheid regime. -
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 was a Self Determination or denaturalization law passed during the apartheid era of South Africa that allocated various tribes/nations of black South Africans as citizens of their traditional black tribal "homelands," or Bantustans.