● Population Registration act 1950: classify the
population by race; whites, coloured, bantu
● Group Areas act 1950: division within cities. City
centres for whites only. No services for blacks.
● Prohibition of Mixed marriages and immorality Act:
blacks punished
● Pass laws Act 1952: Africans had to carry documents
at all times, 96 pages reference books
● Reservation of separate Amenities Act 1953: strict
segregation of public amenities, services
● Bantu Education Act 1953: schools had to admit
students belonging to one racial group; lower
resources and less education for blacks
● Group areas development 1955: forced resettlement
of blacks (ex. Sophiatown)
population by race; whites, coloured, bantu
● Group Areas act 1950: division within cities. City
centres for whites only. No services for blacks.
● Prohibition of Mixed marriages and immorality Act:
blacks punished
● Pass laws Act 1952: Africans had to carry documents
at all times, 96 pages reference books
● Reservation of separate Amenities Act 1953: strict
segregation of public amenities, services
● Bantu Education Act 1953: schools had to admit
students belonging to one racial group; lower
resources and less education for blacks
● Group areas development 1955: forced resettlement
of blacks (ex. Sophiatown)
