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Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 2, Time 04:39The years after union saw both the formation of the Afrikaner Broederbond, initially a self-advancement organisation and the National Party. It also saw the formation of the first non-tribal national African political movement: the African National Congress. The two nationalisms started to square up to each other. The ‘Native Question’ was dealt with in the Union’s first Parliament; one of its first steps was to deprive Africans of most of their land with the Land Act of 1913. Notes: Film footage, city scene, 1910 ; Photo: The 'Broederbond'; Photos: the then NP and ANC.; Photo: Union’s Parliament; Document: 1913 Land Act References select each tab to search for references TRC Final Report1856-1910 Masters and Servants Acts: W These Acts, which had been passed between 1856 and 1904 in the four territories, remained in force after Union. They made it a criminal offence to breach the contract of employment. Desertion, insolence, drunkenness, negligence and strikes were also ... ■ THE LAW AND VIOLENCE IN SOUTH 11 Indeed, one of most ambitious and far-reaching attempts at social engineering in twentieth century South African history was introduced by the first post-unification South African Party government in the form of the 1913 Land Act. No other piece of legislation in South African history more ... |
