the law group areas act was passed in 1966.
the law group areas act was passed in 1966.
when was the law group areas act passed?
1966
the first group areas act, the "group areas act, 1950" was promulgated on 7 july 1950, and it was implemented over a period of several years. it was amended by parliament in 1952, 1955 (twice), 1956 and 1957. later in 1957 it was repealed and re-enacted in consolidated form as the "group areas act, 1957", which was amended in 1961, 1962, and 1965. in 1966 this version was in turn repealed and re-enacted as the "group areas act, 1966", which was subsequently amended in 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1982, and 1984. it was repealed (along with many other discriminatory laws) on 30 june 1991 by the abolition of racially based land measures act, 1991.
group areas act
cape town initially opposed implementing the group areas act passed in 1950 and residential areas in the city remained unsegregated until the first group areas were declared in the city in 1957. when cape town did start implementing the group areas act, it did so more severely than any other major city; by the mid-1980s it became one of the most segregated cities in south africa.
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