Population registration act repeal act, 1991 status. This bibliography was generated on cite this for me on thursday, september 1, 2016. The population registration act and popular understandings of race. Understand the meaning and analyze the impact of apartheid on south africa compare and contrast south african apartheid with racial segregation in the. As a system, apartheid used longestablished race classifications to maintain the dominance of the colonial occupation of the country. South africa legislative implementation of apartheid. This act shall not apply except insofar as it relates to any auxiliary or nursing service established under this act, to females or persons who are not white persons as defined in section 1 of the population registration act, 1950 act no. At the time, these were white, native and coloured with indian a subcategory of the latter. 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.
The population registration act of 1950 required that each inhabitant of south africa be. The population registration bill is read for the first time. The natives abolition of passes and coordination of documents act of 1952, commonly known as the pass laws act, repealed the many regional pass laws and instituted one nationwide pass law, which made it compulsory for all black south africans over the age of 16 to carry the passbook at all times within white areas. Act, shall, as from that date, be deemed to have been established in terms of subsection 1 as a government bantu school or as an accessory to a government bantu school. Voted into south african law in 1950, the population registration act, no. If the authorities had doubt as to the color of a persons skin, they would resort to a pencil in hair test. Under the terms of this act, all residents of south africa were to be classified as white, coloured, or native later called bantu people. It was amended by parliament in 1952, 1955 twice, 1956 and 1957. Racial categorisations under apartheid and their afterlife pdf. Population registration act no 30 the omalley archives.
Jul 20, 2018 the population registration act no 30. Prohibition of mixed marriages act of 1949south africa apartheid laws. Repealed by s 23 of the sexual offences act no 23 of 1957 1950 population registration act no 30. The impact of apartheid aft human rights resources. Prohibition of mixed marriages act, act no 55 of 1949 population registration act, act no 30 of 1950 led to the creation of a national register in which every persons race was recorded.
Aug 29, 2018 b the council shall advise the minister in regard to any matter connected with this act or the population registration act, 1950, and may from time to time make or cause to be made by a person authorized thereto by the council such inspections of the population register compiled and maintained under the lastmentioned act as it may deem fit. This law was passed in 1950, to define in no uncertain terms who belonged to a particular race. The population registration act no 30 of 1950 commenced 7 july required people to be identified and registered from birth as one of four distinct racial groups. The amendment of section 3 by the substitution for.
Background the population registration act of 1950. Population registration act act no 30 of 1950 group areas act act no 41 of 1950 from eng 2100 at baruch college, cuny. Whereas it is expedient to continue powers to prohibit, restrict or otherwise control imports into and exports from pakistan. Population registration act population registration act and. This law required people to be identified and registered from birth as one of four distinct racial groups. Classified every south african based on their racial group which separated them into areas where they can live and work.
The bill was a cornerstone of the apartheid policy as it recognised three race classifications, namely whites, coloureds and natives blacks. Desegregating health statistics and health research in south africa. The prohibition of mixed marriages act 1949 and the immorality act 1950 prohibited interracial marriage or sex. Act to amend the immorality act, 1927, so as to prohibit illicit carnal intercourse between europeans and noneuropeans, and to provide for matters incidental thereto. The impact of apartheid prohibition of mixed marriages act, act no 55 of 1949 prohibited marriages between white people and people of other races. Population registration act, act no 30 of 1950 digital. To make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. Families were divided because of misclassifications 3. South african population registration act of 1950 thoughtco. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population. Mar 20, 20 the impact of apartheid prohibition of mixed marriages act, act no 55 of 1949 prohibited marriages between white people and people of other races.
Alerted laws history bibliographies cite this for me. They had no interest in voting for white representativesan activity which many of them saw as pointless. Later in 1957 it was repealed and reenacted in consolidated form as the group areas act. Population registration act population registration act. Under the population registration act, as amended, coloureds were formally classified into various subgroups, including cape coloureds, cape malays and other coloured. Each south african was issued an id card with a photograph of them, the year they were born and their race. Population registration act repeal act south african government.
List of omitted acts aacts not normally published in revised editions 1acts relating to certain property rights act no. Race was reflected in the individuals identity number. According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones where members of one specific race alone. Africas jim crow, apartheid african american registry. The omalley archives is the product of almost two decades of research and includes analyses, chronologies, historical documents, and interviews from the. Racial reclassification during apartheid south africa.
According to this act, urban areas were to be divided into racially segregated zones where members of one specific race alone could live and work thompson 1990. This act shall be called the companies amendment act, 1951. List of omitted acts 3 laws of trinidad and tobago l. Act to provide for the establishment of certain bantu authorities and to. Population registration act, act no 30 of 1950 led to the creation of a national register in which every persons race was recorded. Indians were initially classified as coloureds until a fourth racial group was added later.
This provided for the compilation of a register of the entire south african population dyzenhaus 1991. The amendment of section 1 by the deletion of the definition of black. Prohibited marriages between whites and people of color ii. The primary purpose of apartheid laws was to promote the superiority of whites and to establish and elevate the minority white regime. These are the sources and citations used to research alerted laws. Population registration act story subtitle or summary the population registration act was established in 1950 in south africa under the apartheid government.
A case study of sydenham vashna jagarnath, june 2005 this paper seeks to build on deborah posels1 analysis of the social impact of the population registration act by adding a more socially based history that takes into. Led to the creation of a national register in which every persons race was recorded. This pattern of population growth, with slow or no. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the union. Others pointed out that the repeal of the population registration act in 1991 removed any legal basis for specifying race. Information in the population register is preserved for an unspecified term. The suppression of communism act 1950 defined communism and its aims broadly to include any opposition to the read more. Race was defined by physical appearance and the act required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups. The population registration act 1950 classified every south african by race.
A race classification board took the final decision on what a persons race was in disputed cases. Malan based his campaign off his hatred of nonwhites. Aug 29, 2018 classification of persons whose names are included in the register. In addition to personal information, the population register contains information on the processing of the register data. The act was to make provision for the compilation of a register of the population of the. Population registration act south africa 19501991 britannica. On the other hand, the employment equity act speaks of designated groups being. This is shown by implementing an all white south african government, which was the first of its kind since the creation of. An act to provide for the constitution of the electricity commission of new south wales and to define its powers authorities duties and functions. All south african citizens were required to register according to racial characteristics. The population registration bill is read for the first.
Population registration act, 1950 wikisource, the free online library. Amendment act of 1950 made it a crime for a white person to have sex with someone from another racesouth africa. The population registration act of 1950 was implemented on june 22, 1950. An act to continue powers to prohibit or control imports and exports. The identification act of 1997 makes no mention of race. This act was more rigid than earlier race classification laws. These above mentioned acts, especially the population registration act and the group areas act set up systems of governance that allowed the apartheid state far more control over every aspect of the lives of racially segregated south africans. In this act, unless the context otherwise indicates definitions i bantu person means a person who is a bantu within the meaning of the population registration act, 1950 act no. A required people to be identified and registered from birth as belonging to one of four distinct racial groups.