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... different races. To further this, other laws were introduced as previous laws attempted were not achieved successfully, as it was impossible to check up on everyone. In 1951 the "Population Registration Act" was enforced to separate each racial group, by colour of their skin; white, native or coloured using a racial register. The "Group Areas Act" made them live in different areas to other races, which helped with the white supremacy. Non-whites were not allowed to live in cities and towns (white area), this caused suffering and humiliation for those forced to move. Again, this law did under achieve, as categorising became difficult, but it still maintained the effect of white dominance. Being a non-white, did mean having to work in towns and so in 1952 the "Pass Law Act" was introduced. This was a 96 page book that non-whites had to carry in order to get into white area. Without this ...
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