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These acts made employee loyalty to employers a law. Violating employment contracts became illegal, along with desertion, insolence, drunkeness, negligence, and strikes. These laws were specific to regulating unskilled work done by blacks.
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Purchasing land other than designated reserves was prohibited. Blacks became limited to only 7% of the land within South Africa.
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Sexual relations between blacks and whites outside of marriage was prohibited.
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Black voters were removed from the common roll to a separate roll, then represented by four white senators.
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Blacks could not acquire land from whites within urban areas without a Governor-Generals approval.
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Now, marriages between whites and every other race was illegal. The restrictions of social relations became much stricter.
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At birth, people were to be registered and classified to a racial group. They were required to belong to one of the four groups, thus tightening the noose on classification laws.
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Differing by provinces, any laws regarding blacks carrying passes were rid of. With other negative, discriminatory laws being passed, a positive one rose from the legislation. A small step was taken in the right direction.
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The segregation of education became official with this act. It formally separated blacks and provided guidelines for Bantu Education.
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This act allowed blacks to practice a "self-government" within urban townships. It was the first piece of legislation that granted blacks self-instruction.
