Re: boER Oppression: Apartheid South Africa
Hoekom try jy nie 'n slag die naam pIS cHROKGIETER nie? On 5 Dec 2005 12:55:20 -0000, Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header (Chris Potgieter) wrote: > Apartheid: Mixed marriages and the immorality act > > In 1949 mixed marriages were banned and the immorality act > become the first major piece of apartheid legislation. > In 1950 the act was followed up with a ban on sexual relations > between white and black. One of the first people convicted of > the immorality act was a Cape Dutch reformed minister; he was > caught having sex with a domestic worker in his garage. He was > given a suspended sentence and the parishioners bulldozed the > garage to the ground. > > The police tracked down mixed couples suspected of having a > relationship. Homes were invaded and doors were smashed down in > the process. Mixed couples caught in bed, were arrested. > Underwear was used as forensic evidence in court. Most couples > found guilty were sent to jail. Blacks were often given harsher > sentences. > > The population Registration Act: This law was passed in 1950, to > define in no uncertain terms what belonged to a particular race. > Race was defined by physical appearance. > > If the authorities had doubt as to the color of a persons skin, > they would resort to a "pencil in hair test". A pencil was > pushed in the hair, and if it remained in the persons hair > without dropping, it signified frizzy hair, the person would > then be classified as colored. If the pencil dropped out the > person would be classified as white. > > Many decisions were wrong, resulting in families being split and > or evicted for living in the wrong area. In some cases hundreds > of colored families were reclassified as white and in a few > cases Afrikaners were reclassified as colored. Staunch Afrikaner > parents, abandoned children with frizzy hair and or children > with dark skin. They were regarded as outcasts by the biological > Afrikaner parents. Once the law was implemented all citizens > were issued with identity documents in which the race of a > person was clearly marked. > > Segregation - Group areas act: > > The act was designed to restrict the black or colored race group > to its own residential area, and to control the purchase or > occupation of land. The separate amenities act, allowed the > government and business to establish separate but unequal > facilities for non-whites. Beaches, government buildings, > hospitals, schools, universities, colleges, public transport, > parks, sports facilities, shops, etc. all had separate entrances > and or entities. All amenities provided for the coloreds or > blacks, were sub-standard, while the amenities for "whites" were > of high standard. Law segregated all public areas. > > The law was further expanded to provide government with complete > control over the movement of black Africans. African men and > women that did not qualify to work in white urban areas had to > carry a "pass" that was valid for 72 hours. If a black African > were caught with an expired pass, they would be arrested and had > to pay a fine to be released, If these individuals had no money > to pay the fine (which was often the case) they would be jailed > for a few months. Little regard was given to how the family > structure was destroyed or how it would criminalize a large > section of the black population. > > The pass law was abolished In 1952, only to be replaced by a 96- > page document, named a reference book. The identification book > had a fingerprint of the holder. The book had to be carried at > all times, from Doctors to academics and laborers. Failure to > produce the document on demand to a policeman was a punishable > offence. Black Africans had no right to appeal to courts if they > were removed from an urban area. Police and authorities had the > right to raid any dwelling inhabited by blacks in search of > "illegal" black residents. >
Ongelukkig het Pis 'n punt beet hierdie keer Spencer "Ferdi Greyling" skryf in boodskap news:439744c7.495592404@news.saix.co.za... > > Hoekom try jy nie 'n slag die naam pIS cHROKGIETER nie? > > > On 5 Dec 2005 12:55:20 -0000, Anonymous-Remailer@See.Comment.Header > (Chris Potgieter) wrote: > >> Apartheid: Mixed marriages and the immorality act >> In 1949 mixed marriages were banned and the immorality act >> become the first major piece of apartheid legislation. >> In 1950 the act was followed up with a ban on sexual relations >> between white and black. One of the first people convicted of >> the immorality act was a Cape Dutch reformed minister; he was >> caught having sex with a domestic worker in his garage. He was >> given a suspended sentence and the parishioners bulldozed the >> garage to the ground. >> The police tracked down mixed couples suspected of having a >> relationship. Homes were invaded and doors were smashed down in >> the process. Mixed couples caught in bed, were arrested. >> Underwear was used as forensic evidence in court. Most couples >> found guilty were sent to jail. Blacks were often given harsher >> sentences. >> The population Registration Act: This law was passed in 1950, to >> define in no uncertain terms what belonged to a particular race. >> Race was defined by physical appearance. >> If the authorities had doubt as to the color of a persons skin, >> they would resort to a "pencil in hair test". A pencil was >> pushed in the hair, and if it remained in the persons hair >> without dropping, it signified frizzy hair, the person would >> then be classified as colored. If the pencil dropped out the >> person would be classified as white. >> Many decisions were wrong, resulting in families being split and >> or evicted for living in the wrong area. In some cases hundreds >> of colored families were reclassified as white and in a few >> cases Afrikaners were reclassified as colored. Staunch Afrikaner >> parents, abandoned children with frizzy hair and or children >> with dark skin. They were regarded as outcasts by the biological >> Afrikaner parents. Once the law was implemented all citizens >> were issued with identity documents in which the race of a >> person was clearly marked. >> Segregation - Group areas act: >> The act was designed to restrict the black or colored race group >> to its own residential area, and to control the purchase or >> occupation of land. The separate amenities act, allowed the >> government and business to establish separate but unequal >> facilities for non-whites. Beaches, government buildings, >> hospitals, schools, universities, colleges, public transport, >> parks, sports facilities, shops, etc. all had separate entrances >> and or entities. All amenities provided for the coloreds or >> blacks, were sub-standard, while the amenities for "whites" were >> of high standard. Law segregated all public areas. >> The law was further expanded to provide government with complete >> control over the movement of black Africans. African men and >> women that did not qualify to work in white urban areas had to >> carry a "pass" that was valid for 72 hours. If a black African >> were caught with an expired pass, they would be arrested and had >> to pay a fine to be released, If these individuals had no money >> to pay the fine (which was often the case) they would be jailed >> for a few months. Little regard was given to how the family >> structure was destroyed or how it would criminalize a large >> section of the black population. >> The pass law was abolished In 1952, only to be replaced by a 96- >> page document, named a reference book. The identification book >> had a fingerprint of the holder. The book had to be carried at >> all times, from Doctors to academics and laborers. Failure to >> produce the document on demand to a policeman was a punishable >> offence. Black Africans had no right to appeal to courts if they >> were removed from an urban area. Police and authorities had the >> right to raid any dwelling inhabited by blacks in search of >> "illegal" black residents. >