Apartheid Laws

Mine and Works Act

1911

The Mine and Works Act of 1911 reserved the high paying and high skilled jobs such as mining for White Africans.

Black Land Act

Jun 19, 1913

Non-white Africans made up nearly 2/3 of the population however the Black Land Act (Natives Land Act) restricted them from owning 93% of South Africa's land. They were restricted to specific reserves and couldn't own or rent anything else outside of that 7%.

Black (Native) Administration Act

Sep 1, 1927

This act allowed the minister to, without any prior notice, force black natives off of their land and relocate them elsewhere if he felt it was in the interest of the public.

Representation of Blacks Act

Jul 10, 1936

This act essentially took away the representation and voting rights from black. Under this act, blacks became represented by white senators.

Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

Jul 8, 1949

The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages act did exactly as it sounds. It prohibited whites from marrying anyone who was colored.

Group Areas Act

Jul 7, 1950

This act segregated the races and assigned each one of them a designated living space. The Group Areas act made it harder for non white African because they were typically moved further away from job opportunities in the city.

Black (Natives) Amendment Act

Jun 27, 1952

This act said that any black person over the age of sixteen has to carry a passbook with the if they wanted to be able to get into the urban areas. Even with this pass book, the black Africans were not able to stay in the city for longer than 72 hours.

Black Education Act

Jan 1, 1954

This allowed for the separation of races in schools as well as a change in curriculum where the White Africans received a better education then non-white Africans,

Bantu Self-Governing Act

Jun 19, 1959

This act turned traditional tribal land into Bantustans which was land set aside solely for blacks. This act also ended all types of black representation in Parliament.

Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act

Mar 26, 1970

Since colored people in South Africa were considered Aliens, the Homelands Act made them citizens of Bantustans therefore completely separating them from 'South Africa'.