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Apartheid in south Africa 1940s to 1960s
What were the impacts and effects of apartheid on the lives of SA people
Apartheid in south Africa 1940s to 1960s
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Many Africans lives got worse between the 1950s and the 1970s because
of white supremacy, for example, the pass laws. Which meant blacks
having to carry pass books around all the time. This is just one of
the “Apartheid Laws” which I will be exploring and introducing in the
1950s in my first paragraph. Africans lives didn’t only get worse
because of white supremacy but also by “Separate (but equal)
Development”, for example the Bantustans Act, where the different
tribes were split into small groups around South Africa. I will be
explaining the setting up of this, and what it was like to live there
in the 1970s and that in the 1970s Africans still continued to live in
terrible conditions, for an example of their poor living conditions.
Africans had only 13% of the land where as the whites had 87% meaning
it was very crowded for black Africans.
In the 1950s, many Apartheid laws were introduced the most important
one being The Group Areas Act” Which was when South Africa was divided
into different areas where different race groups could live. This
meant that 84% of the land was given to the whites, even though they
were only given 15% of the total population. Blacks were only given
14% of the land, even thought they made up over 80% of the population.
This changed lives of black Africans because they had small areas to
live in meaning it would be very overcrowded. This was like the whites
who had a large amount of space to live in. This was sign if white
‘supremacy’.
The pass laws were also important, because it restricted blacks from
having the freedom of movement, having a big affect on blacks meaning
they had to carry ‘pass books’ all the time. If they did not have
their passes they could be arrested.
The Bantu Education Act changed lives of Africans because white
children were taught subjects for example history, maths, science etc.
So they can be doctors lawyers etc. However, black children, were only
taught subjects such as wood works and metal work etc.