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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 Later in 1957, it was repealed and re-enacted in consolidated form as the Group Areas Act, 1957, which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 Group Areas Development Act, 1955 (Act No. 69 of 1955; subsequently renamed the Community Development Act, 1955), formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. It was enacted to help effect the purpose of the Group Areas Act of 1950, namely to exclude non-Whites from living in the most developed areas, which ...
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
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The Group Areas Act (Act 41 of 1950) was one of the cornerstones of Apartheid policy that was implemented by the National Party. The Act assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas. The Group Areas Act led to a massive programme of forced removals in South Africa and subsequently in George as well. [4]
The NP used the Population Registration Act to ensure that individuals were permanently classified by race and only allowed to live in areas specified by the Group Areas Act. [3] On 26 June 1950, the National Day of Protest took place. [6] The ANC asked that people not go to work as an act of protest. [7]
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]