Apartheid LawsApartheid LawsParkerParker

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1.1. Prohibition of Mixed MarriagesProhibition of Mixed Marriages

Prohibited marriages between white Prohibited marriages between white people and people of other races. people and people of other races.

2. 2. Population RegistrationPopulation Registration

Led to the creation of a national Led to the creation of a national register in which every person's race register in which every person's race was recorded. A Race Classification was recorded. A Race Classification Board made the final decision on Board made the final decision on what a person's race was in disputed what a person's race was in disputed cases.cases.

3. 3. Group AreasGroup Areas

Forced physical separation between Forced physical separation between races by creating different residential races by creating different residential areas for different races. This led to areas for different races. This led to forced removals of people living in forced removals of people living in any "wrong" areas. any "wrong" areas.

4. 4. Suppression of CommunismSuppression of Communism

Outlawed communism and the Outlawed communism and the Community Party in South Africa. Community Party in South Africa. Communism was defined so broadly Communism was defined so broadly that it covered any call for radical that it covered any call for radical change. Communists could be change. Communists could be banned from participating in a banned from participating in a political organization and restricted political organization and restricted to a particular area.to a particular area.

5. 5. Separate Representation of Separate Representation of VotersVoters

Together with the 1956 amendment, Together with the 1956 amendment, this act led to the removal of this act led to the removal of Coloureds from the common voters' Coloureds from the common voters' roll.roll.

6. 6. Prevention of Illegal Prevention of Illegal SquattingSquatting Gave the Minister of Native Affairs Gave the Minister of Native Affairs

the power to remove blacks from the power to remove blacks from public or privately owned land and to public or privately owned land and to establish resettlement camps to establish resettlement camps to house these displaced people.house these displaced people.

7. 7. Natives PassNatives Pass

Commonly known as the Pass Laws which Commonly known as the Pass Laws which forced black people to carry identification forced black people to carry identification with them at all times. A pass included a with them at all times. A pass included a photograph, details of place of origin, photograph, details of place of origin, employment record, tax payments, and employment record, tax payments, and encounters with the police. It was a criminal encounters with the police. It was a criminal offense to be unable to produce a pass offense to be unable to produce a pass when required to do so by the police. No when required to do so by the police. No black person could leave a rural area for an black person could leave a rural area for an urban one without a permit from the local urban one without a permit from the local authorities.authorities.

8. 8. Native LaborNative Labor

Prohibited strike action by blacks.Prohibited strike action by blacks.

9. 9. Bantu EducationBantu Education Established a Black Education Department in Established a Black Education Department in

the Department of Native Affairs which the Department of Native Affairs which would compile a curriculum that suited the would compile a curriculum that suited the "nature and requirements of the black "nature and requirements of the black people." Its aim was to prevent Africans from people." Its aim was to prevent Africans from receiving an education that would lead them receiving an education that would lead them to aspire to positions they wouldn't be to aspire to positions they wouldn't be allowed to hold in society. Instead Africans allowed to hold in society. Instead Africans were to receive an education designed to were to receive an education designed to provide them with skills to serve their own provide them with skills to serve their own people in the homelands or to work in people in the homelands or to work in laboring jobs under whites.laboring jobs under whites.

10. 10. Reservation of Separate Reservation of Separate AmenitiesAmenities Forced segregation in all public Forced segregation in all public

amenities, public buildings, and amenities, public buildings, and public transport with the aim of public transport with the aim of eliminating contact between whites eliminating contact between whites and other races. "Europeans Only" and other races. "Europeans Only" and "Non-Europeans Only" signs and "Non-Europeans Only" signs were put up. The act stated that were put up. The act stated that facilities provided for different races facilities provided for different races need not be equal.need not be equal.

11. 11. Natives (Prohibition of Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts)Interdicts) Denied black people the option of Denied black people the option of

appealing to the courts against appealing to the courts against forced removals.forced removals.

12. 12. Promotion of Bantu Self-Promotion of Bantu Self-GovernmentGovernment

Classified black people into eight Classified black people into eight ethnic groups. ethnic groups.

13. 13. TerrorismTerrorism

Allowed for indefinite detention Allowed for indefinite detention without trial and established BOSS, without trial and established BOSS, the Bureau of State Security, which the Bureau of State Security, which was responsible for the internal was responsible for the internal security of South Africa.security of South Africa.

14. 14. Bantu Homelands CitizensBantu Homelands Citizens

Compelled all black people to Compelled all black people to become citizens of the homeland become citizens of the homeland that responded to their ethnic group, that responded to their ethnic group, regardless of whether they'd ever regardless of whether they'd ever lived there or not, and removed their lived there or not, and removed their South African citizenship. South African citizenship.

Reflection and ResponseReflection and Response

Review the Apartheid Laws and Review the Apartheid Laws and imagine living under them. What imagine living under them. What would life be like? What laws would would life be like? What laws would you consider the most unfair? you consider the most unfair? Brainstorm your ideas and put them Brainstorm your ideas and put them together in a typed, MLA formatted, together in a typed, MLA formatted, response (no more than one page) response (no more than one page) due next class.due next class.