The Department of Native Affairs was responsible for documenting all African workers in Durban, and issued the hated passbook (or "dompas") that controlled an African person's ability to work.
Lo Mnyango wakaNdabazabantu iwona owawukhipha izincwadi zabo bonke abasebenzi abangama-Afrika ababesebenza eThekwini, futhi ukhipha nezincwadi ezazizondwa kakhulu, amapasi (noma "odompasi") ayevumela abantu abangama-Afrika ukuba basebenze.