The Natives' Land Act of 1913 was passed to allocate only 7% of arable land to Africans, leaving the most fertile land for whites. It incorporated territorial segregation into law for the first time since the Union of South Africa in 1910. The Act's main effects were that thousands of black South Africans lost their land, were confined to reserves, and forced to work on white-owned farms. It laid the groundwork for apartheid by segregating living areas and implementing pass laws, setting the stage for further racially discriminatory legislation over the coming decades.
3. INTRODUCTION
IN TODAYS LESSON WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE MAIN TERMS OF THE
NATIVES LAND ACT
LOOK AT THE EFFECTS OF THE ACT
NATIVES LAND ACT AS A FORERUNNER OF APARTHEID LEGISLATION
4. WHY THE NATIVES LAND ACT OF 1913 WAS
PASSED?
THE NATIVES LAND ACT OF 1913 WAS PASSED TO
ALLOCATE ONLY ABOUT 7% OF ARABLE LAND TO AFRICANS
AND LEAVE THE MORE FERTILE LAND FOR WHITES. THIS
LAW INCORPORATED TERRITORIAL SEGREGATION INTO
LEGISLATION FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE UNION IN 1910.
5. WHY THE NATIVES LAND ACT OF 1913 WAS
PASSED CONTINUE.
BLACK PEOPLE LOST MOST OF THEIR LAND
AS A RESULT OF THE ACT AND WERE
FORCED TO STAY IN THE RESERVES.
7. MAIN TERMS OF THE ACT
BLACK PEOPLE WERE TO BE CONFINED TO ONLY ABOUT 7-8
PERCENT OF THE LAND
BLACKS WERE TO LIVE IN WHITE OWNED FARMS AS
LABOUR TENANTS, RENT TENANTS AND SHARECROPPERS
8. EFFECTS OF THE ACT
THOUSANDS OF BLACKS COULD NOT OBTAIN EMPLOYMENT
ALL UNEMPLOYED BLACKS WERE THROWN TO FARMS, OFTEN
WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK
MEN, WOMAN AND CHILDREN WONDERED ABOUT IN ALL
WEATHER CONDITIONS TRYING TO FIND PLACES TO STAY
9. EFFECTS OF THE ACT CONTINUE.
BLACK PEOPLE WERE LIVING IN THE RESERVES UNDER
POOR CONDITIONS WITH SOIL EROSION, MALNUTRITION
AND DISEASES INCREASING
BLACK PEOPLE WERE LEFT WITHOUT LAND BUT HAD TO
WORK FOR WHITE PEOPLE.
12. NATIVES 'LAND ACT AS A FORERUNNER OF
APARTHEID LEGISLATION
URBAN AREAS ACT OF 1923 WAS INTRODUCED
BLACK PEOPLE WERE CHASED OUT OF TOWNS AND CITIES AND
WERE FORCED TO LIVE IN THE RURAL AREAS AND TOWNSHIPS.
THE ACT INTRODUCED CURFEWS WHEREBY BLACK PEOPLE
WERE FORCED TO STAY INDOORS AT CERTAIN TIMES.
13. NATIVES LAND ACT AS A FORERUNNER OF
APARTHEID LEGISLATION CONTINUE
THE URBAN AREA ACT ALSO ESTABLISH A PASS SYSTEM
WHEREBY MAN AND WOMAN HAD TO CARRY PASSES.
THEY NEEDED THESE PASSES FOR TRAVEL, TAXES AND CURFEWS
IMPRISONMENT WAS APPLIED IN THE ABSENCE OF A PASS.
14. NATIVES LAND ACT AS A FORERUNNER OF
APARTHEID LEGISLATION CONTINUE
SEGREGATION WAS INTENSIFIED BY CIVILIZED LABOUR POLICY WHICH MADE SURE THAT WHITE
WORKERS GOT MORE SKILLED JOBS AND WERE PAID MORE THAN BLACK WORKERS
WHITES WERE GIVEN THE BEST OF EVERYTHING- JOBS, AREAS OF RESIDENCE, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES AND
LAND.
THE BASIC IDEA WAS TO SEPARATE WHITES, BLACKS AND OTHER PEOPLE OF COLOUR.
16. SUMMARY
IN TODAYS LESSON WE HAVE LOOKED AT:
THE MAIN TERMS OF THE ACT
THE EFFECTS OF THE ACT, AND LASTLY
THE NATIVES LAND ACT AS THE FORERUNNER OF THE
APARTHEID LEGISLATION