Pass laws and education

• The Bantu Education Act, 1952

  This act:

  • Removed control of African education from the Ministry of Education to the Ministry for Native Affairs
  • Removed state subsidies from mission schools so most were forced to close
  • Expanded the government-run system and set a limited vocational-based curriculum.
• The Tomlinson Report

  The Tomlinson Commission in 1956 reported on how the homelands might be developed. Its report reasserted that:

  • Homelands could never support more than two-thirds of their populations, and advised more land be allocated
  • Policies of betterment be developed to combat problems such as soil erosion; it was estimated that cost of this would be at least £100 million
  • The agriculture workforce be reduced; industrial concerns could be be developed just outside the borders and towns developed just within, so homeland residents could commute for employment.