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The Bantu ( Blacks ) Education Act 1953 (Act No. 47 of 1953; later renamed the Black Education Act, 1953) was a South African segregation law that legislated for several aspects of the apartheid system.
Before the Bantu Education Act was passed, apartheid in education tended to be implemented in a haphazard and uneven manner. The purpose of the act was to consolidate Bantu education, i.e., education of black people, so that discriminatory educational practices could be uniformly implemented across South Africa.
Liquor Amendment Act, 1956: 36: Bantu Education Amendment Act, 1956 (before 1978) Black Education Amendment Act, 1956 (after 1978) 37: Livestock and Produce Sales Act, 1956: 38: Wine and Spirits Control Act, 1956: 39: Railways and Harbours Acts Further Amendment Act, 1956: 40: Workmen's Wages Protection Act, 1956: 41: Excise Amendment Act, 1956: 42
The Bantu Education Act ensured that black South Africans had only the barest minimum of education, thus entrenching the role of blacks in the apartheid economy as a cheap source of unskilled labour. In June 1954, Verwoerd in a speech stated: "The Bantu must be guided to serve his own community in all respects.
Pass law; Population Registration Act, 1950; Preservation of Coloured Areas Act, 1961; Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act, 1951; Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act, 1949; Prohibition of Political Interference Act, 1968; Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act, 1959; Public Safety Act, 1953
The Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 established a hierarchy of tribal, regional and territorial authorities, led by chiefs and appointed councillors, to govern the reserves. The Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act, 1959 provided for the development of the territorial authorities into self-governing bantustans.
This Act was augmented by the Bantu Homelands Citizens Act of 1970. The law established a basis for ethnic government in African homeland reserve areas. All political rights (including voting) held by Africans were restricted to the designated homeland. [1] It was opposed by Africans who rejected government-sponsored 'retribalization'. [2]
The Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 (renamed in 1964 to the Bantu Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, in 1973 to the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act, and in 1978 to the Black Labour Relations Regulation Act) was a South African law that formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa.