implementation of apartheid Flashcards
what were the aims of the apartheid laws created by the national party
ensure racial separation in all aspects of social life so that racist ideologies remain
control movement and economic activity of black people
what are the 9 main apartheid laws
prohibition of mixed marriages act no 55 of 1949
immorality amendment act no 21 of 1950
population registration act no 30 of 1950
group areas act no 41 of 1950
prevention of illegal squatting act, no 47 of 1953
suppression of communism act no 44 of 1950
bantu education act no 47 of 1953
reservation of separate amenities act no 49 of 1953
natives abolition of passes and co-ordination of documents act of 1952
prohibition of mixed marriages
no 55 of 1949
marriage between whites and other races not allowed
immorality amendment act
no 21 of 1950
sexual relations between whites and other races not allowed
raided houses and broke into bedrooms and photographed- invaded privacy- no respect
population registration act
no 30 of 1950
classified and put in racial groups/categories
-affected opportunities,quality of life
-race was not clear-strange tests (eugenics)
group areas act
no 41 of 1950 residential segregation different suburbs for different races people forcibly removed visible reminder(effects are still being felt)
prevention of illegal squatters act
no 47 of 1953
informal settlement and shacks illegal - swamped
built townships far from white suburbs
suppression of communism act
no 44 of 1953
anyone fighting for equality-communist
bantu education no 47 of 1953
white education - more important/proper
bantu-unskilled labour,discipline tsotsis
reservation of separate amenities act
no 49 of 1953
separate facilities for diff races
white-better
natives abolition of passes and co-ordination of documents act
of 1952
dompas- permits and passes
movement of africans into white areas strictly controlled
african men had to carry, 1956-women
visible reminders of apartheid
areas
gautrain and metrorail
bantu edu
Ernest cole
photographer
humiliation and hardships faced by black people under apartheid
through his work- conveyed harshness of pass laws and showed horrors of migrant labour system-treated like animals by white management
(mining)
1913 land act
piece of legislation
reserves majority of land in south africa for white people
if you lived on white land-pay rent or work on land (power dynamic-dependent)
only 7% of land-africans
spread out (weaken)
not productive land-couldn’t grow crops
with land:shelter,food for self (subsistence), food to sell-profit (commercial),sell land as an asset
monarchy vs republic
monarchy-monarch at head
republic- country rules itself
