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Black Land Act
Designated areas were assigned to native South Africans. Black Africans were prohibited from owning or renting land outside of these areas, which accounted for around 7% of the total land. -
Industrial Concilliation
Blacks were prohibited from creating and participating in unions. Job reservation for whites was legal. -
Immorality Act
Sexual intercourse between blacks and whites was made illegal. This law did not include other races. -
Representation of Blacks Act No. 12
Black voters in Cape were removed from the "common roll" (list of inhabitants) and placed on a "separate roll" (alternative list). Four white senators now represented blacks in the Union. -
Aliens Act No 1
Regulated and restricted the entry of certain people into the Union, based on their background. Also regulated the rights of people to assume a surname. -
Asiatic Land Tenure (and Indian Representation) Act No 28
Indians were granted separate representation by three white Parliament members and two senators in Central Parliament. This section of the law was rejected by the South African Indian population. -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55
Members of different racial and ethnic groups were prohibited from engaging in marriages with white people. -
Group Areas Act No 41
Areas were designated to certain racial groups. It was now the law that people had to live in designated areas based on their classified group. -
Transkei Constitution Act No 48
The Bantustan of Transkei was allowed to self-govern. -
Black Labour Act No 67
Laws regarding employment, accommodation, recruiting, feeding and health conditions of black workers were consolidated.
