HSY3704 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2025 (Answer Guide) - DUE August 2025

HSY3704 Assignment 1 Semester 2 2025 (Answer Guide) - DUE August 2025 VERIFIED AND CERTIFIED ANSWERS. WRITTEN IN REQUIRED FORMAT AND WITHIN GIVEN GUIDELINES. IT IS GOOD TO USE AS A GUIDE AND FOR REFERENCE, NEVER PLAGARIZE. Thank you and success in your academics. UNISA, 2025 Contents "Legislation, Segregation, and Resistance: An Analysis of the Representation of Natives Act (1936), the Bantustan Policy (1959), and the Revival of the ANC in the 1940s" 2 Introduction 2 1. Reasons for General J.B.M. Hertzog’s Implementation of the Representation of Natives Act (1936) 3 2. Bantustan Policy from 1959 and Its Doomed Nature 5 3. The Second World War and the Revival of the ANC in the 1940s 7 Conclusion 10 References 12   "Legislation, Segregation, and Resistance: An Analysis of the Representation of Natives Act (1936), the Bantustan Policy (1959), and the Revival of the ANC in the 1940s" Introduction The political history of South Africa in the twentieth century was characterised by the systematic entrenchment of racial segregation, the legal disenfranchisement of Black South Africans, and the sustained resistance of African political organisations. The decades between the 1910 Union of South Africa and the early apartheid period were marked by key legislative milestones designed to consolidate white political and economic dominance. Among these was the Representation of Natives Act of 1936, introduced by Prime Minister General J.B.M. Hertzog. This Act formed part of a broader package of legislation, often referred to as the “Hertzog Bills,” which also included the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936. Together, these laws sought to formalise a racially segregated political system by removing Africans from the Cape Province voters’ roll and establishing a separate, limited system of representation through white intermediaries (Worden, 2012). The Act did not emerge in isolation