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Black Land Act
Black people were confined to reserves - making up approximately 7% of South Africa - and prohibited from renting or owning land outside of their designated areas. They could only be in "White Areas" for limited amounts of time for working purposes. -
Black (Native) Administration Act
The white government could move entire groups of black people to any location in South Africa. This was used frequently for forced removals, in an attempt to put black people at a disadvantage and keep them separated from white people. -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act
The Apartheid government used this as another way to separate the races as under this law, no person of any color could marry a white person. -
Population Registration Act
Classification of the races was strictly enforced as people were identified/classified into 1 of 4 racial groups - bantu, white, colored, asian - upon birth. -
Group Areas Act
Once people were classified, they had to remain in the area specific to their classification. The area in which people could live, work, and be in was restricted and designated by their race. -
Pass Laws Act
Blacks that were 16 and over had to carry a passbook with them at all times to identify who they were and give accounts on any information on them that exists. This was a way to ensure that they were under surveillance at all times. Along with this, they were not allowed in an urban area for longer than 72 hours. -
Black Education Act
The education of black people in South Africa was explicitly segregated. Their education was significantly inferior to that of the whites. This kept them at an intellectual disadvantage and made it even harder for them to gain better jobs -
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act
Amenities and transportation were segregated across the different racial groups as well. This was another attempt to seperate all contact of whites and "non-whites." -
Bantu (Black) Administration Amendment Act
Black people could no longer take their case to a court in the instance of banishment. -
Representation between Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act
This was the start of Grand Apartheid as the reserves were turned into bantustans, the "homelands" for blacks in South Africa. These were meant to separate the races further, hoping to eventually make South Africa a white land.
