segregation and oppostion Flashcards
pass system
designed to control the movement of Africans
imposed during slave economy in 18-19th centuries
reference books threat
they were threatened with arrests, harassment and fines
helped cause anti-apartheid struggle
1986
ineffective pass laws were taken back, after 17 million arrests
1980
3.5 million Africans, coloured and Asians had been removed from White areas
moved to homelands
industrial conciliation act
1924
barred black workers from joining trade unions
great depression
in 1930s
government shocked to hear that 1 in 5 whites were living in poverty
many blacks sacked during to provide for whites
ANC actions
created local protests
Sol Plaatje began newspapers to advertise their ideas
failures of ANC actions
few Africans could read the newspapers
thought the best way to achieve their aims was to keep on good terms with the whites
actions of anti-pass demonstrations
highly effect women’s protest in Bloemfontein
women held peaceful demonstrations and mass burnings of passes
successes of anti-pass demonstrations
government didn’t know how to oppose the women
the opposition to men’s demonstrations were met much more strongly
indian resistance actions
mass protests
stay at home protests
strikes
successes of indian resistance
many were arrested
SA government withdrew the £3 tax they had to pay
actions of Trade unions
striked in 1919 and were successful
trade union success
had 100,000 members by 1920s
however, due to tensions in leadership the ICU collapsed in 1930
communist actions
tried to make links ith ANC