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South Africa Timeline; Cry, The Beloved Country

  • Britain Takes Possession of the Cape

    Britain Takes Possession of the Cape
  • Gold Discovered Transvaal

    Gold Discovered Transvaal
  • Franchise and Ballot Act

    Franchise and Ballot Act
    The Franchise and Ballot Act was an act of the Cape Colony Parliament, driven by Prime Minister Cecil Rhodes, which raised the property franchise qualification, thus disenfranchising a large proportion of the Cape's non-white voters, and a number of poor white voters - Wikipedia
  • National Legislative assembly bill

    National Legislative assembly bill
    This legislation sought to deprive Indians in Natal of the parliamentary vote. The bill was opposed by Mahatma Gandhi of India, who submitted a petition signed by 10,000 Indians to the Natal government. Though they were unsuccessful in preventing the legislation from eventually being passed, the bill is believed to Gandhi's establishment of the Natal Indian Congress to protect the rights of Indians in South Africa. - Wikipedia
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    Anglo-Boer War

  • Alan Paton Born

    Alan Paton Born
  • General Pass Regulations Bill

    General Pass Regulations Bill
    In 1905 the General Pass Regulations Act denied blacks the vote and limited them to fixed areas, and in 1906 the Asiatic Registration Act of the Transvaal Colony required all Indians to register and carry passes. - Wikipedia
  • Boer Territories Returned to Self-rule

    Boer Territories Returned to Self-rule
  • Registration Act

    Registration Act
    he Asiatic Registration Act of 1906, of the Transvaal Colony, was an extension of the pass laws specifically aimed at Asians (Indians and Chinese). Under the act every male Asian had to register himself and produce on demand a thumb-printed certificate of identity. - Wikipedia
  • South Africa Act

    South Africa Act
    South Africa Act, act of 1909 that unified the British colonies of the Cape Colony, Natal, Transvaal, and Orange River (see Orange Free State) and thereby established the Union of South Africa. - Britannica.com
  • Native Land Act

    Native Land Act
    The Act restricted black people from buying or occupying land except as employees of a white master. It opened the door for white ownership of 87 percent of land, leaving black people to scramble for what was left.
    - Wikipedia
  • Natives in Urban Areas Act

    Natives in Urban Areas Act
    The Native (Urban Areas) Act of 1923 segregated urban residential space and created “influx controls” to reduce access to cities by Blacks. Hertzog proposed increasing the reserve areas and removing Black voters in the Cape from the common roll in 1926. - Britannica.com
  • Represents Natal University College in England

    Represents Natal University College in England
  • Colour Bar Act

    Colour Bar Act
    migrant labour Whites demanded a “colour bar” to protect their access to certain jobs. Initially formulated to reconcile white workers to Milner's decision to import Chinese labour, the colour bar was formally established in South Africa under the Mines and Works Act of 1911 and its amendment in 1926. - Britannica.com
  • Native Administration Act

    Native Administration Act
    This Act set up a separate legal system for the administration of African law and made the proclaimed Black areas subject to a separate political regime from the remainder of the country, ultimately subject only to rule by proclamation, not parliament. - Wikipedia
  • Alan Paton Marries Dorrie Francis

  • Jan Hendrik Hofmeyern Holds Cabinet Portfolios Of Education and Interior

  • Native Land and Trust Act

    Native Land and Trust Act
    The Native Trust and Land Act, 1936 (Act No. 18 of 1936; subsequently renamed the Bantu Trust and Land Act, 1936 and the Development Trust and Land Act, 1936) in South Africa passed a law that served as the reorganization of its agricultural structures. This followed the recommendations of the Beaumont Commission. - Wikipedia
  • Alan Paton's Son Jonathan is Born

  • Cry, The Beloved Country is Published

    Cry, The Beloved Country is Published
  • Alan Paton's Son David is Born

  • Alan Paton is Principle of Diepkloof when it Closes

  • Alan Paton Dies