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Reform of Land Ownership

South Africa · Government / Government of South Africa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

4Records
1913–1991Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1913

Louis Botha1913

Government / Government of South Africa

The Bantu Land Act creates a territorial division between the Bantu & Whites

James Hertzog1913

Government / Government of South Africa

The Bantu Land Act creates a division between the Bantu & Whites, drafted by Hertzog

1936

James Hertzog1936

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Cape Africans cannot purchase land outside reserved areas.

1991

Frederik Willem de Klerk5 June 1991

Government / Government of South Africa

The Land Acts of 1913 & 1936 are repealed. The Group Areas Act of 1950 is repealed

Names involved

Frederik Willem de KlerkJames HertzogLouis Botha

Provenance

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