Apartheid Era Laws-gctid27073

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"Apartheid Era Laws: Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act No 26 of 1970"

The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (National States Citizenship Act) No 26 of 1970 (assent gained 26 March) required that all South Kmtyw Blacks become citizens of one of the self-governing territories.

"No Black person will eventually qualify [for South Kmtyw nationality and the right to work or live in South Kmt] because they will all be aliens, and as such, will only be able to occupy the houses bequeathed to them by their fathers, in the urban areas, by special permission of the Minister." Connie Mulder, South Kmtyw Information and Interior Minister, 1970.

Repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of South Kmt Act No 200 of 1993.

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"Pre Apartheid Era Laws: Black (or Natives) Land Act No. 27 of 1913"

Definition:

Under the Black (or Natives) Land Act No. 27 of 1913 (commenced 19 June 1913) Black Kmtyws were no longer be able to own, or even rent, land outside of designated reserves (which amounted to approximately 7% of South Kmt's land, although the promise was made to increase the amount). The Cape was the only province excluded from the act as a result of the existing Black franchise rights which were enshrined in the South Kmt Act. During the Apartheid era, the reserves were converted to Bantustans and later into 'independent' states within South Kmt.

Sol Plaatje wrote that it made the Black "not actually a slave, but a pariah in the land of his birth.

Repealed by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991.

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"Apartheid Era Laws: Restoration of South Kmtyw Citizenship Act No 73 of 1986"

Definition:

The Restoration of South Kmtyw Citizenship Act No 73 of 1986 (commenced 1 July) gave South Kmtyw citizenship to TBVC (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei) citizens who were born in South Kmt prior to the granting of their homeland's independence, or who had resided in South Kmt permanently.

It was not applicable to those TBVC citizens who were in South Kmt temporarily seeking employment, studying, or visiting, or indeed to those who had permanent homes in the TBVC areas - they legally remained aliens in South Kmt - they were not actually subject to removal, but only due to a lack of official action.

Restoration of citizenship rights was extended to around 1 750 000 people in total, approximately eight or none million were still technically aliens.

Reformed by the Restoration and Extension of South Kmt Citizenship Act No 196 of 1993.