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Black Land Act
This law prohibited blacks from owning/renting any land that was outside of their designated reserves. Consequently, it made it even more difficult to reach the socio-economic status that the vast majority of whites had in the country. -
Native (black) Urban Areas Act
This law required that all people in South Africa must carry a pass around with them that dictated whether they could be in an urban area or not. Also, blacks that were not working in the city could be removed and sent to their rural "homelands." This law encouraged widespread racial discrimination against not only blacks but other people of color through the pass requirement. -
Mines and Work Act of 1926
This law was an addition to the same act in 1911; it allowed for whites to have a significant advantage in obtaining high-skill jobs. These jobs were typically higher paying jobs, which left blacks struggling to make enough money. -
Black (native) Administration Act
This act allowed for the government to force any black person to move from any place to any place without prior warning. This gave the government the power to send any and all of the blacks to Bantustans. -
Population Registration Act
This law required every citizen to register as a certain race and allowed for the government to be more rigid towards the "undesirable" ethnic groups. It added to pass laws that helped keep areas between the races separate. -
Reservation of Public Amenities Act
This law dictated that it was allowed for whites to have separate public facilities from blacks. This segregation allowed for a further divide between the races because now even in public, they don't want to spend any time near each other -
Black Labor Relations Regulations Act
This law made it so that blacks were no longer considered employees at businesses, and they lost their ability to go on strike. This made them extremely vulnerable economically, as they had little to no power. -
Sexual Offences Act
This law made it illegal for any white to commit an 'immoral and indecent' act with a black person. This didn't cause much change in the country because there were very few interracial relationships, so this was more of a formality. -
Representation between Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act
This law made the Bantustans or "homelands" of the blacks fully independent from South Africa. Therefore, blacks no longer had any representation in South Africa's government.The people of the Bantustans needed South African's stable economy to stay afloat, so making money became extremely difficult. -
General Law Amendment
This law allowed for any person to be detained for 90 days with no access to a lawyer. Also, it gave the government the ability to declare unlawful organizations. There was nothing that specifically stated that the law was made specifically for blacks, but common sense would indicate that it would mostly be blacks that would be negatively affected by this. This amendment expanded the one created in 1963 by including the Minister of Justice's ability to detain suspects for longer.
