When was the Group Areas Act passed?
27 April 1950 Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, when the law was passed implemented and why?On July 23, 1986, as part of a process of removing some apartheid laws, the South African government lifted the requirement to carry passbooks, although the pass law system itself was not yet repealed. The system…
27 April 1950 Click to see full answer. Keeping this in view, when the law was passed implemented and why?On July 23, 1986, as part of a process of removing some apartheid laws, the South African government lifted the requirement to carry passbooks, although the pass law system itself was not yet repealed. The system of pass laws was formally repealed retroactive on April 23, 1986, with the Abolition of Influx Control Act.Beside above, what was the purpose of the Group Areas Act? The Group Areas Act was fashioned as the “cornerstone” of Apartheid policy and aimed to eliminate mixed neighbourhoods in favour of racially segregated ones which would allow South Africans to develop separately (South African Institute for Race Relations, 1950: 26). Also, how did the Group Areas Act affect people’s lives? The Group Areas act forcibly segregated people based on race. This had a pronounced economic effect on the black population. Enter the ‘Pass Law’ that allowed members of other races to leave the designated areas to find work. However they could not purchases property or rent housing and would live in large hostels.Why the pass law was passed?Pass laws in the Transvaal, or South African Republic, were intended to force Black people to settle in specific places in order to provide White farmers with a steady source of labour. This Boer Republic came into being in September 1853 and covered the area north of the Vaal River, later known as the Transvaal.
