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Black Land Act of 1913
This act prohibited blacks or coloureds from inhabiting the country except for reserved areas. (Bantustans) This limited the majority, the blacks, to approximately 7 percent of the land in all of South Africa. -
Black (Native) Administration Act of 1927
This had two main effects. First, it allowed the government or minister to move any portion of black people, whether it be a single person or an entire tribe to another place. Secondly, it prohibited hostility between blacks and whites, but all reported cases involving this law cited the black as the aggressor, revealing the bias. -
Development Trust and Land Act of 1936
This law expanded the reserved areas of black living from 7 to 13 percent of South Africa. This was partly in response to the areas that the blacks lived in being so crowded. Also, this law formed the SADT, or South African Development Trust which could take land from provinces to designate to the blacks. -
Black (Native) Laws Amendment Act of 1937
This act prohibited the acquisition of any urban land by blacks, unless specified by the Governor-General. This law further restricted black movement, solidifying many as migrant workers, allowed to work in the city, but not allowed to live there. -
Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act of 1945
To further tighten control on urban areas, the white government passed this law which allowed them to kick any black male out of their temporary residence if they were considered idle or to have committed a specific offense. These offenses were not generally specific, but it allowed the whites another way to regulate the influx of the black population into cities. -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949
This law prevented any white to marry anyone of color. This allows the preservation of the "superior" white race, as well as separating races on another boundary. -
Group Areas Act of 1950
This further segregated the races, as the designated area for all coloureds was split into different spaces for every type of coloured person. Exemplifies the ideals of apartheid, making a separate space for every group of people. -
Bantu Authorities Act of 1951
This gave official recognition to tribal authorities within the Bantustans. This was a set-up for the next law. -
Black (Bantu) Authorities Act of 1951
This law was made to give the white government control of the Bantustans under the guise that they were giving blacks more freedom. In reality, the law put people in charge of the land who would be loyal to them via money or position. -
Black (Natives) Law Amendment Act of 1952
This law was created to further the regulation of migrant workers. The "pass laws" forced all blacks to carry a booklet which regulated where in the country they could go. This law further expanded it by giving the authorities to remove a person from an urban area even if they were there lawfully. They would be sent back to their "homeland" and were subject to punishment,
