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The first Group Areas Act, the Group Areas Act, 1950 was promulgated on 7 July 1950, and it was implemented over a period of several years. It was amended by Parliament in 1952, 1955 (twice), 1956 and 1957. Later in 1957, it was repealed and re-enacted in consolidated form as the Group Areas Act, 1957, which
The Group Areas Act, 1950 (re-enacted in 1957 and 1966) divided urban areas into "group areas" in which ownership and residence was restricted to certain population groups. The Group Areas Development Act, 1955 formed part of the machinery for the implementation of the Group Areas Act.
The second pillar of grand apartheid was the Group Areas Act of 1950. [60] Until then, most settlements had people of different races living side by side. This Act put an end to diverse areas and determined where one lived according to race. Each race was allotted its own area, which was used in later years as a basis of forced removal. [61]
Under the Group Areas Act and the Immorality Amendment Act, both of 1950, as well as the Natives Resettlement Act of 1954, the national state was empowered to stop people of different races residing together. This allowed systematic urban segregation and the destruction of mixed areas . [6]
Klipfontein Organic Products Corporation Act, 1950: 41: Group Areas Act, 1950: 42: Silicosis Amendment Act, 1950: 43: Rents Act, 1950: 44: Suppression of Communism Act, 1950 (before 1976) Internal Security Act, 1950 (after 1976) 45: Railways and Harbours Appropriation Act, 1950: 46: Natal Native High Court Amendment Act, 1950: 47
Secondly, the Group Areas Act in 1950 assigned different regions according to different races. People were forced to live in their corresponding regions and the action of passing the boundaries without a permit was made illegal, extending pass laws that had already curtailed black movement.
The Population Registration Act, 1950 initially defined Indians as being part of the Coloured population. [ 31 ] In 1961, Indians were officially recognised as permanent part of the South African population, [ 32 ] the Department of Indian Affairs was established, with a white minister in charge.
March. 18 – The University of the Free State is established.; April. 27 – The Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races.; May. 1 – 18 blacks are killed by police and more than 30 are injured on the Witwatersrand in a massive stay-away from work, called for by the African National Congress.