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Implementation of aparthied
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- 1Initial Factorsthere were already laws stopping blacks voting and buying land in certain places, meaning they could build on these; hence many commissions were formed to investigate
- 2De-franchising of coloured peopleIn order to get more power the National party sought to de-franchise coloured people. The 1951 Separate Representation of Voters Act had a weak majority and was followed by a constitutional battle. They simply fired un-sympathetic judges and employed new ones showing their brutality
- 3Apartheid laws on relations1949 - mixed marriage act stopped marriage of separate colors
1950 - Immorality act stopped sex between the different colors of people - 4Initial segregation of South AfricaPopulation Registration Act of 1950 basically categorized the population into 4 categories, this was an effort to make racial lines incredibly clear
- 5Group areas actThis was an effort to remove African townships after passed in 1950, there were many symbols of this as cruelty of aparthied
- 6SophiatownHeld 60,000 mainly blacks outside Johannesburg, it held the current ANC leader Dr Xuma, however after demolition plans in 1950 after 6 years; despite intense resistance it was mainly rubble
- 7DurbanThird largest city in SA, holding about 450,000 in 1951. In 1940 the land filled quickly with African shacks who protested against Indians who they felt were exploiting them, 142 killed. By 1965 the shacks had gone and tens of thousands Africans were removed and 41,000 Indians were removed to a special zone to act as a buffer
- 8District 6Multi-racial area in Cape Town city centre, rules were enforced later about 66,000 were forcibly removed, and most of the building along with heritage was removed
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- A-Level A Level History (2B.1) Flashcards on Implementation of aparthied , created by Reuben Veysey-Smith on 07/03/2016.
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