South Africa pre-1948

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    • What is apartheid?
      Segregation of people due to race
    • What is petty apartheid?
      Day to day segregation in leisure and facilities
    • What is grand apartheid?
      Total separation including living areas
    • How many Black Africans were there in South Africa in 1946?
      1. 7.8 million
    • How many White people were there in South Africa in 1946?
      1. 2.4 million
    • How many Coloured people were there in South Africa in 1946?
      928,000
    • How many Indian people were there in South Africa in 1946?
      285,000
    • What does the term "Coloured" refer to in South Africa?
      Someone of interracial parents
    • What are the four key principles of apartheid?
      • Four racial groups with separate cultures
      • Whites as the civilised race holding power
      • Whites divided into Afrikaners and English speakers
      • Strict segregation without equal facilities
    • Who are Afrikaners?
      Descendants of immigrants from Netherlands and Germany
    • What was the purpose of discriminatory legislation from 1910-36?
      To assert white power over black Africans
    • What did the Mines and Works Act do?
      Excluded Africans from skilled jobs in mines
    • What was the Natives Labour Regulation Act's requirement for Africans?
      To be recruited in rural areas and fingerprinted
    • What did the Natives Land Act restrict?
      African ownership of land to seven percent
    • What was the impact of overcrowding in homelands like Zululand?
      Forced Africans to work for white farmers
    • What was the quality of land available to Africans?
      Mostly of the poorest quality
    • What was the expectation for Africans employed in industry or mining?
      To live in townships on city outskirts
    • What did the Industrial Conciliation Act restrict?
      The right of Africans to organize into trade unions
    • What was the role of the Department of Native Affairs?
      To control all matters relating to Africans
    • What did the 1936 Native Trust and Land Act do?
      Extended tribal reserves to 13.6 percent
    • What rights were removed from Africans by the Representation of the Natives Act 1936?
      Voting rights based on property ownership
    • What was the Native Representative Council?
      A council of white officials and elected Africans
    • How many Africans were allowed to vote in the Cape?
      Approximately 10,000
    • How many African leaders were allowed to vote for white representatives?
      About 4,000
    • What was the purpose of the Native Representative Council?
      To represent views of Cape Africans in Parliament
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