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Black Land Act No. 27
Prohibited blacks from owning or renting land outside designated reserves (approximately 7% of land in the country was reserved specifically for blacks only). -
Native (Black) Urban Areas Act No. 21
Made local authorities responsible for the blacks residing in the areas. This created an influx control and removed the surplus of people (unemployed) -
Black (Native) Administration Act No. 38
Prohibited the instigation of feelings of hostility between blacks and whites. This was later extended to all racial groups. ‘All the reported cases concern charges of inciting hostility among blacks towards the white section of the community’ rather than cases of whites who cause feelings of racial hostility by racially abusive comments (Dugard 1978: 178). Used extensively to carry out forced removals. -
Representations of Blacks Act No 12
Removed black voters in the Cape from the common roll and placed them on a separate roll (Dugard 1978: 90). Blacks throughout the Union were then represented by four white senators. -
Developed Trust and Land Act No. 18
Expanded the reserves to a total of 13.6% of the land in South Africa and authorised the Department of Bantu Administration and Development to eliminate ‘black spots’ (black-owned land surrounded by white-owned land) (Horrell 1978: 203). The South African Development Trust (SADT) was then established and could, in terms of the Act, acquire land in each of the provinces for black settlement (RRS 1991/92: 381). -
Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act No 25
Introduced influx control - applicable to black males only (Horrell 1978: 172). People who were deemed to be leading idle or dissolute lives or who had committed certain specified offences could be removed from an urban area (Horrell 1978: 173). -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act N. 55
Prohibited marriages between whites and members of other racial groups (Horrell 1978: 19). Those who had even an intimate relationship with the other race would be arrested. -
Population Registration Act No. 30
Required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups. This Act was more rigid than earlier race classification laws. -
Separate Representation of Voters Act No 46
An attempt by the National Party to remove coloured people from the common voters’ roll, which was declared invalid by the Supreme Court. -
General Law Amendment Act No 80
The Minister of Justice wanted to extend the operation of the Sobukwe clause in individual cases. Sobukwe was thus imprisoned until 1969. This clause was re-enacted in amended form in 1976.
