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Masters and Servants Acts (1856 - 1910)
These laws made a criminal offence to breach the contract of employment. They also made desertion, insolence, drunkenness, negligence and strikes a criminal offence. These laws applied to all races, but only applied to unskilled work (unskilled work was mostly associated with blacks). -
Mines and Works Act No 12
Granted certificates of competency to a number of skilled mining occupations to whites and coloreds. -
Black Land Act No 27
This law prohibited blacks from owning or renting land that was not designated to them. -
Immorality Act No 5
Married blacks and whites were not allowed to have intercourse. -
Representation of Blacks Act No 12
Separated the black voters from the other voters in the Cape. Black voters were placed on a separate roll and the blacks were represented by 4 white senators. -
Aliens Act No 1
More restrictions and regulations on the immigration of certain foreigners into the Union. In addition, this law controlled the right to a surname. -
Alien Registration Act No 26
Granted total control over the registration of foreigners. -
Natives (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act No 25
If black males committed specified offenses or had what white authorities determined "not useful lives," they were removed from the cities. -
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act No 55
Whites were not allowed to marry with other racial groups -
Black (Native) Laws Amendment Act No 54
All black people over the age of sixteen needed to carry passes and were not allowed to stay for more than 3 days in the cities without permission. Only certain black people who lived in the urban areas for a long time were granted special exclusion to stay in the cities.In addition, authorities were allowed to arrest any black person determined to be "idle or undesirable." For punishment, convicted black people were to sent to the homelands or a rehabilitation center.
