Why was the Population Registration Act passed?
The Population Registration Act determined people’s race classification, which in turn determined the implementation of many other racially based laws. One of the apartheid laws passed in the 1950s was the Group Areas Act, which determined where people of different racial groups could live.
What was the pass book and what was it used for?
A passbook or bankbook is a paper book used to record bank or building society transactions on a deposit account.
Why was the Bantu education law passed?
The purpose of the act was to consolidate Bantu education, i.e. education of black people, so that discriminatory educational practices could be uniformly implemented across South Africa. In 1972 the government started using general taxes collected from whites to fund a portion of black education.
How did the Population Registration Act affect black people’s lives?
It was one of the “pillars” of Apartheid. When the law was implemented, citizens were issued identity documents and race was reflected by the individual’s Identity Number. The Act was typified by humiliating tests which determined race through perceived linguistic and/or physical characteristics.
What are the reasons for the Group Areas Act?
The purpose of the Group Areas Act of 1950 was to legally establish apartheid in South Africa. It set up segregated residential and commercial districts in urban areas throughout the country. It sought to keep black and mixed raced peoples out of the more desirable and better developed areas of South African cities.
What was the pass law during apartheid?
The Pass Laws Act of 1952 required black South Africans over the age of 16 to carry a pass book, known as a dompas, everywhere and at all times. The dompas was similar to a passport, but it contained more pages filled with more extensive information than a normal passport.
What is the need for pass book?
Any individual having a bank account must have used passbook. This is a book provided by the bank to keep the records for transactions of a savings or current bank account. Earlier, passbooks were managed by a bank personnel or teller who used to write the transactions on the book.
When and why the pass law was passed?
Pass laws date “back to 1760 in the Cape when slaves moving between urban and rural areas were required to carry passes authorizing their travel”. The pass laws, “had entitled police at any time to demand that Africans show them a properly endorsed document or face arrest”, hindering their freedom of movement.