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Land Act
Prevented Blacks from buying outside land reserves. It was the first piece of major legislation passed by the Union Parliament. It stopped white farmers from buying more native land. -
National Party (NP) was founded
An Afrikaner Nationalist party which sought to promote their ideas in a time of oppression. Wanted Afrikaner's interests to be heard -
Immorality Act
Designed to keep external sexual relations from happening between whites and other races. Wanted to keep the white race pure. -
The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act is passed
Made it illegal for white South Africans to marry those of other races, Designed to promote the separation of races -
The Population Registration Act
Required each inhabitant of South Africa to classify and register according to their racial characteristics -
Group Areas Act
Designed to bring about total residential segregation. It also removed non-whites from inner city areas that would be designed as Whites-only area. Called the "essence of apartheid by Malan -
Bantu Authorities Act
Created new regional authorizes for Africans, which were based in reserves and dispensed with the old Natives Representative Council -
Pass Laws Act
This act was another means of enforcing the segregation of populations. This new law made the documents which Africans were required to carry more comprehensive and complex requiring them to be on them at all times. -
Bantu Self-Government Act
Allowed for traditional tribal lands to form into independent states of Bantustans. Was designed to further the policy of grand apartheid. -
Extension of University Education Act
Introduced to extend apartheid to tertiary education. It brought an end to to universities registering students of all races into their courses -
The Transkei Act
This law gave partial self-government to the Transkei within the republic of South Africa. It provided for a legislative assembly to take control over almost everything.
