Group Areas Act
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Apartheid was the title of two acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa. The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sect
Mass protest at Durban on 28 May 1945 against the Group Areas Bill and the Suppression of Communism Bill attended by over 20,000. The meeting was jointly organised by the African National Congress, Natal Indian Congress, and the Coloured People Organisation.
Apartheid
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Apartheid was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 to 1994. It was characterised by an authoritarian political culture based on
Group Areas Act
…Apartheid was the title of two acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa. The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas in a system of urban apartheid…
Hendrik Verwoerd, minister of native affairs (1950–1958) and prime minister (1958–1966), earned the nickname 'Architect of Apartheid' from his large role in creating legislation.
Cape Coloured children in Bonteheuwel
Rural area in Ciskei, one of the four nominally independent homelands
Man subject to forced removal in Mogopa, Western Transvaal, February 1984