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Natives Land Act
Natives could only own land on small reserves of low quality land. These reserves only added up to about 7.3% of the land for 2/3 of the population and the land was of particularly low quality. It laid the foundation for more discriminatory laws in the future and resulted in it being much harder for blacks to make more income of their land. -
Industrial Concilliations Act No 11
Blacks can not join an existing Union or create a Union of their own. This demonstrated that the government would listen and take more response to white complaints compared to blacks. Without the unions, blacks would be subjects to worse conditions. -
Development Trusts and Land Act No 18
Raised the black reserve land from 7.3% to 13%. Never truly reached goal and still an incredible small amount of land for 2/3 of the population. Resulted in many blacks having to live and make money only on certain areas established by whites, with the worldwide economic depression having an effect on the country. -
Black Laws Amendment Act No 46
Blacks can no longer buy city land from non blacks. This further moved towards grand apartheid with different groups belonging to different areas within South Africa. Now it is much harder for blacks to get jobs in cities and it moves closer towards cities being whites only. -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55
People of European descent can not marry or have sexual relations with any other race. Major piece of legislation after the election of the National Party in 1948. It laid down a hard line for the Nationalist Party's stance on the mixing of races in the future. Around 0.23% of all marriages in the country were mixed marriages before this piece of legislation was passed, so it did not affect too many people. -
Population Registration Act No 30
Everyone at birth was required to be identified and registered into one of four major groups: black, white,asain, and colored. The descriptions for what made someone a certain race was incredibly vague. People would attempt at all costs to be classified as white, as this would result in you getting the most rights. Language, hair characteristics, and socioeconomic status could impact someone's race. -
Group Areas Act No 41
Every location must be classified as belonging to a certain race and only that race was allowed at that location. This almost fully eliminated relationships between different races, as they could not be around each other. It continued to restrict the best locations in the country for whites only. -
Immorality Amendment Act No 21
An amendment of the 1927 Immorality Act, now all Europeans could not have sexual relations with all non Europeans. This was expanded from just Europeans and blacks. It further promulgated the attempt to individualize races from one another. -
Native Building Workers Act No 27
Blacks can not perform skilled work in white cities. This greatly increased the difficulty of certain skilled laborers finding jobs, with many now having to travel long distances. It was another act by the in power Nationalists to keep the cities white only. -
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act No 49
Public facilities are now only for certain groups of people. Vehicles, stores, and restaurants were areas where certain groups could be denied entirely. This further reduced the likelihood of relationships between races. -
Public Safet Act No 3
Allowed for a state of emergency to be declared after ANC civil disobedience campaigns. During a state of emergency, people could be detained for little to no evidence. This was designed to crack down against dissent directed at the government. -
Unlawful Organizations Act No 34
The government deemed certain organizations a threat to national security and now had legal power to eliminate them. The ANC and PAC were put on this list. Many organizations supporting black rights were deemed as communist. This act was not effective in stopping dissent, as protests continued everywhere.
