Apartheid Laws

1949 Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

Marriages between two races is illegal

Implied to all people of color (POC&White…. POC&POC)

1950 Immorality Act

Sex between 2 different races is illegal

1953 Bantu Education Act

Vocational training over European education (Needlework for girls, handcrafting, soil conservation)

1953 Native Labor Act

Africans could not join unions or participate in strikes

1953 Separate Amenities Act

All public areas/services must be divided by race

1950 Population Registration Act

All South Africans had to be registered into one of the four racial groups, and introduced the pass system

1950 Group Areas Act

No mixed neighborhoods, registration of all land ownership, government could designate areas for specific racial groups and move people out

1951 Native Resettlement Act

forced removal and resettlement

1951 Bantu Authorities Act

• Africans could only live on their tribal reserves

• Had to live in their tribal homeland (13.5%)

• 8 separate homelands were created for each tribal language and ethnic group

• The government promoted this as “separate development”

• Meant to be self-governing

• South African gov’t appointed chiefs in these areas