Apartheid Policies

By Abigailheath
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    Pass Laws

    Laws were imposed by the British and Dutch in the slave economy of the Cape Colony
  • Land Act of 1913

    Land Act of 1913

    Imposed the establishment of the territorial "homeland" foundations.
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    Group Areas Act

    Mandated residential segregation throughout South Africa.
  • Defiance Campaign

    Defiance Campaign

    In South Africa, this was performed by the African National Congress.
  • Women's Protests in Pretoria

    Women's Protests in Pretoria

    In response to the Apartheid, 20,000 women marched.
  • Sharpeville Massacre

    Sharpeville Massacre

    The police station in Sharpeville was burned, killing 69 people.
  • District Six in Cape Town

    District Six in Cape Town

    A vibrant color community that destroyed government bulldozers that promoted white areas.
  • Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970

    Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act of 1970

    Declared all Africans were citizens of "homelands", rather than South Africa itself.
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    Homeland Conflicts

    Many Africans had found their laws and citizenship were stripped and deported to poverty-stricken "homelands".
  • Homelands are Dissolved

    Homelands are Dissolved

    The homelands were reabsorbed into South Africa.