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Group Areas Act (apartheid era)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Group_Areas_Act_(apartheid_era)
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:South_African
gptkbp:amendedBy
multiple times between 1950 and 1986
gptkbp:basisFor
forced removals of over 3.5 million people
gptkbp:category
gptkb:Apartheid_legislation
gptkb:Racial_segregation_law
gptkbp:country
gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:criticizedFor
anti-apartheid activists
gptkbp:dateEnacted
1950
gptkbp:effect
forced removals of non-white populations
gptkbp:enactedBy
gptkb:Parliament_of_South_Africa
gptkbp:enforcedBy
gptkb:South_African_Police
gptkbp:fullTitle
gptkb:Group_Areas_Act,_Act_No._41_of_1950
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Group Areas Act (apartheid era)
gptkbp:impact
creation of racially segregated urban areas
gptkbp:language
gptkb:Afrikaans
English
gptkbp:legacy
lasting urban racial segregation in South Africa
gptkbp:notableExample
gptkb:Sophiatown_removals
gptkb:District_Six_removals
gptkbp:penalty
eviction and criminal prosecution
gptkbp:purpose
segregate residential and business areas by race
gptkbp:relatedTo
gptkb:Natives_Resettlement_Act,_1954
gptkb:Population_Registration_Act,_1950
apartheid
gptkbp:repealedBy
gptkb:Abolition_of_Racially_Based_Land_Measures_Act,_1991
1991
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Lenasia
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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