TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 11

1957 Group Areas Act No 77:

U Consolidated the law relating to the establishment of group areas and the control of the acquisition of immovable property in those areas. Assent gained: 24 June 1957; commencement date not found

Repealed by s 49 of the Group Areas Act No 36 of 1966

1958 24 August: Strijdom dies. 2 September: Three candidates are suggested as successors, including Dr Verwoerd. 3 September: Dr Verwoerd assumes office as Prime Minister and leader of the National Party.

1959 Extension of University Education Act No 45:

E Empowered the Minister of Bantu Education to designate colleges for specified African ethnic groups. Black students were prohibited from attending the University of Cape Town or the University of Witwatersrand without a permit (Dugard 1978: 84). Commenced: 19 June 1959

Repealed by s 21 of the Tertiary Education Act No 66 of 1988

1959 Representation between Republic of South Africa and Self-Governing Territories Act (Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act) No 46:

P Provided for the transformation of reserves into fully fledged independent bantustans, dividing blacks into ethnically discrete groups. Abolition of parliamentary representation for blacks. Commenced: 19 June 1959

Repealed by Sch 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of 1993

1960 Extension of University Education Amendment Act No 32:

E Amended the extension of University Education Act No 45 of 1959 and the University of Fort Hare Transfer Act No 64 of 1959. Assent gained: 7 April 1960; commencement date not found

Repealed by s 21 of the Tertiary Education Act No 66 of 1988

1960 Unlawful Organisations Act No 34:

S Provided for organisations threatening public order or the safety of the public to be declared unlawful. The ANC and the PAC were immediately declared unlawful. Commenced: 7 April 1960

Repealed by s 73 of the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982

1960 21 March: Sharpeville Sixty-seven people were killed and 186 wounded by police at the Sharpeville police station during a PAC anti pass law demonstration. In September, 224 civil claims for damages were served on the Minister of Justice. He stated on 21 October that legislation would be introduced into the next parliamentary session to indemnify the government and its officials retrospectively against claims resulting from action taken during the demonstration (SRR 1959/60: 57). The passing of the 1961 Indemnity Act (assented to on 28 June 1961 - see below) can be explained in terms of the ministerial announcement of 21 October 1960.