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Natives Land Act, 1913
The Natives Land Act, 1913 (subsequently renamed Bantu Land Act, 1913 and Black Land Act, 1913; Act No. 27 of 1913) was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa that was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
Economic interests, political influence and racial prejudices were main contributors to the introduction of the Natives Land Act. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica: "The Natives' Land Act of 1913 defined less than one-tenth of South Africa as Black "reserves" and prohibited any purchase or lease of land by Blacks outside the reserves. The law also restricted the terms of tenure under which Blacks could live on white-owned farms."
The late 19th and early 20th centuries observed a junction of colonial imperialism, economic transformation and a rise in racially divisive ideals. As European powers expanded their territories into Africa the social identities of these regions were transformed. In 1853, the British Cape Colony introduced a colourblind electoral franchise but in 1892 Cecil Rhodes got the Franchise and Ballot Act passed which disenfranchised many black Africans by tripling the wealth requirement to vote. In 1894, the Glen Grey Act was passed, beginning the segregation of races in South Africa through legislation.[citation needed]
With the surplus of natural resources, including gold and diamonds, there was a rush to assert dominance in all regions of Africa. South Africa was introduced to a surplus of mainly British and Dutch immigrants who tried to implement their own ideologies upon the indigenous people of this land. Tensions began to grow between the colonisers and the indigenous groups throughout the 19th century which ultimately lead to the introduction of the Natives Land Act in 1913. Through this act, the colonisers were able to profit majorly. The natural resources existing within the indigenous land, and the ability to use indigenous workers generated a lot of wealth.[citation needed]
The Natives Land Act is remembered in South African history as one step towards the institutional discrimination and injustice of the Apartheid era and for underlying geographic segregation of races that still remains. Other policies that followed the Natives Land Act include prohibition of interracial marriage, restricted access to many white-only spaces, creation of different public facilities including bathrooms, water fountains, parks and beaches. Different from other discriminatory systems, the apartheid system in South Africa was a white minority, discriminating against an indigenous, black majority. Being the minority group, the apartheid government had to ensure they kept control of their power. The way the apartheid government was able to do this was through only allowing white people to vote and hold government positions, essentially making it impossible for them to be overthrown no matter how unjustly they acted.
The Natives Land Act of 1913 was the first major piece of segregation legislation passed by the Union Parliament. It was repealed in 1991. The act decreed that blacks were not allowed to buy land from whites and vice versa. Exceptions had to be approved by the Governor-General. The black areas left initially totalled around 7% of the entire land mass of the Union, which was later expanded to 13%.
The Act further prohibited the practice of serfdom or sharecropping. It also protected existing agreements or arrangement of land hired or leased by both parties.
This land was in "native reserve" areas, which meant it was under "communal" tenure vested in African chiefs: it could not be bought, sold or used as surety. Outside such areas, perhaps of even greater significance for black farming was that the Act forbade black tenant farming on white-owned land. Since so many black farmers were sharecroppers or labour tenants that had a devastating effect, but its full implementation was not immediate. The Act strengthened the chiefs, who were part of the state administration, but it forced many blacks in the "white" areas into wage labour.
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Natives Land Act, 1913
The Natives Land Act, 1913 (subsequently renamed Bantu Land Act, 1913 and Black Land Act, 1913; Act No. 27 of 1913) was an Act of the Parliament of South Africa that was aimed at regulating the acquisition of land. It largely prohibited the sale of land from whites to blacks and vice-versa.
Economic interests, political influence and racial prejudices were main contributors to the introduction of the Natives Land Act. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica: "The Natives' Land Act of 1913 defined less than one-tenth of South Africa as Black "reserves" and prohibited any purchase or lease of land by Blacks outside the reserves. The law also restricted the terms of tenure under which Blacks could live on white-owned farms."
The late 19th and early 20th centuries observed a junction of colonial imperialism, economic transformation and a rise in racially divisive ideals. As European powers expanded their territories into Africa the social identities of these regions were transformed. In 1853, the British Cape Colony introduced a colourblind electoral franchise but in 1892 Cecil Rhodes got the Franchise and Ballot Act passed which disenfranchised many black Africans by tripling the wealth requirement to vote. In 1894, the Glen Grey Act was passed, beginning the segregation of races in South Africa through legislation.[citation needed]
With the surplus of natural resources, including gold and diamonds, there was a rush to assert dominance in all regions of Africa. South Africa was introduced to a surplus of mainly British and Dutch immigrants who tried to implement their own ideologies upon the indigenous people of this land. Tensions began to grow between the colonisers and the indigenous groups throughout the 19th century which ultimately lead to the introduction of the Natives Land Act in 1913. Through this act, the colonisers were able to profit majorly. The natural resources existing within the indigenous land, and the ability to use indigenous workers generated a lot of wealth.[citation needed]
The Natives Land Act is remembered in South African history as one step towards the institutional discrimination and injustice of the Apartheid era and for underlying geographic segregation of races that still remains. Other policies that followed the Natives Land Act include prohibition of interracial marriage, restricted access to many white-only spaces, creation of different public facilities including bathrooms, water fountains, parks and beaches. Different from other discriminatory systems, the apartheid system in South Africa was a white minority, discriminating against an indigenous, black majority. Being the minority group, the apartheid government had to ensure they kept control of their power. The way the apartheid government was able to do this was through only allowing white people to vote and hold government positions, essentially making it impossible for them to be overthrown no matter how unjustly they acted.
The Natives Land Act of 1913 was the first major piece of segregation legislation passed by the Union Parliament. It was repealed in 1991. The act decreed that blacks were not allowed to buy land from whites and vice versa. Exceptions had to be approved by the Governor-General. The black areas left initially totalled around 7% of the entire land mass of the Union, which was later expanded to 13%.
The Act further prohibited the practice of serfdom or sharecropping. It also protected existing agreements or arrangement of land hired or leased by both parties.
This land was in "native reserve" areas, which meant it was under "communal" tenure vested in African chiefs: it could not be bought, sold or used as surety. Outside such areas, perhaps of even greater significance for black farming was that the Act forbade black tenant farming on white-owned land. Since so many black farmers were sharecroppers or labour tenants that had a devastating effect, but its full implementation was not immediate. The Act strengthened the chiefs, who were part of the state administration, but it forced many blacks in the "white" areas into wage labour.
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