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Black Land Act No.27
This Law made it illegal for black people to either own or rent land outside the areas that were specifically designated for them. These areas were very small and over 80% of the land went to the whites. -
Black Land Act
This act designated certain land as reserves for blacks and made it illegal for blacks to own or rent land outside these designated areas. This land was approximately 7% of the land in South Africa. Black people made up about 80% of the population -
Native Urban Areas Act
This act divided the country into urban and non urban areas. Each local authority was required to regulate which people were and weren't allowed or supposed to be in a given area. The local governments were also tasked with restricting movement of blacks between these prescribed areas. -
Native (Black) Urban Areas Act
This act designated some land as specifically urban and some land as specifically rural land. The law made each specific local government responsible for the movement between urban and rural areas. The act removed blacks living in urban areas that were not working specifically in the area. -
Representation of Black Act
This act removed black voters from the same roll that everyone voted from. They were then placed on a seperate roll. This meant that blacks were separately represented in the senate. They ended up being represented by four white senators. -
Representation of Blacks Act
This act first removed blacks from the roll used for voting and placed them on a second roll specifically designated for them. They were then represented by four white senators -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages
This act made it illegal for Caucasians and people of different races to marry one another. This act was significant because it meant that people of marginalized races couldn’t even have the right to marry who they wanted, which took away another one of their dignities. -
Group Areas Act
This act forced the separation of living communities by making residential areas based on race. This led to the removal of those people from an area of which they did not racially fit in to. -
Black Building Workers Act
This act made it illegal for blacks to learn skilled work. Additionally it made illegal for them to learn any skilled work in white areas. -
Natives (Abolition of Passes and Co-ordination of Documents) Act
This act, also known as the Pass Laws, required black people to carry identification on them all the time. This pass included information such as a picture, place of origin, encounters with the police, and even tax payments. It was criminal to not carry one’s ID. -
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act
This act forced the segregation of all public spaces such as public amenities, public buildings, and public transport in order to maintain zero contact between white people and other races. It also stated that facilities for different races did not need to be equal. -
Extension of University Education Act
This act segregated universities. Separate institutions were created for whites. This act made it so black people could not have the same level of education. -
General Law Amendment Act
This act enabled South African police officers to detain someone suspected of a politically motivated crime without access to a lawyer and for up to 90 days without a warrant.
