Apartheid

Edgar H. Brookes was a Senator in the South African Parliament and was Professor of History and Political History at the University of Natal, South Africa.

‘…this provides college and university students with easily accessible primary sources…Even the specialist will find this a useful reference work.’ P. L. van den Berghe, Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol 5, Issue 1-2.

• Part 1: Apartheid – The Word and Its Meaning 1. The Origin of the Use of the Term ‘Apartheid’. From Dawie 1946-64 by Loouis Louw, 1965 2. Speech by Dr. Verwoerd, 3 September 1948 Part 2: The Population Registration Act 3. Extracts from the Population Registration Act, No. 30 of 1950 4. Extracts from a speech by the Minister of the Interior, Dr. T. E. Dönges, introducing the Population Registration Act, 8 March 1950 5. The Working of the Population Registration Act. From Survey of Race Relations 1955-66, by South Africa Institute of Race Relations. Part 3: Opposition Policies 6. The United Party: From Handbook for Better Race Relations 7. The Progressive Party. From Safeguard Your Future, the Principles of the Progressive Party of South Africa 8. The Liberal Party. Statement by Alan Paton, National President of the Liberal Party. Part 4: Bantu Education 9. From the Report of the Commission on Native Education 1945-51, presided over by Dr. W. W. M. Eiselen 10. From the Bantu Education Act, No. 47 of 1953 11. From a Speech by the Minister of Native Affairs, 17 September 1953 12. The Closing of Adams College a) From Iso Lomuzi, letter of the Principal, 17 September 1956 b) From the Natal Mercury, Durban, D December 1956 13. From an article in the Natal Daily News, by Dr. W. G. McConkey, December 1962 Part 5: University Education 14. From the Extension of University Education Act, No. 45 of 1959 15. From a Speech by the Minister of Education, Arts and Science, on the Second Reading of the Extension of University Education Bill, 8 April 1959 16. From A Digest of Protest Against the University Apartheid Legislation, National Union of South African Students, 1957. Part 6: The Churches 17. From the Native Laws Amendment Act, No. 36 of 1957 18. Letter by Archbishop Clayton to the Prime minister, 6 March 1957. From Where We Stand, Archbishop Clayton’s Charges 1948-57 19. From the Churches and Race Relations in South Africa by Lesley Cawood a) The Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk b) The Methodist Church c) The Roman Catholic Church d) The Presbyterian Church e) The Congregational Church Part 7: Apartheid in Practice – Work and Voting 20. From the Separate Amenities Act, No. 49 of 1953 21. Debate on Influx Control, House of Assembly, 11 and 13 February 1952 22. Labour Regulations From the Government Gazette Extraordinary, 3 December 1965 23. Trade Unions. From A Survey of Race Relations in South Africa, 1965 by Muriel Horrell for the South African Institute of Race Relations 24. Coloured Disenfranchisement. From South Africa by Professor H. M. Robertson Duke University Commonwealth-Studies Centre, 1957 25. From the Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, No. 46 of 1959 26. From the Asiatic Laws Amendment Act, No. 47 of 1948 Part 8: The Group Areas Act 27. From the Group Areas Act, No. 41 of 1950 28. From a Speech by the Minister of the Interior, introducing the Group Areas Act, 14 June 1950 29. The Case Against a) From a Speech on the Group Areas Act in the senate, by Dr. Edgar H. Brookes, 14 June 1950 b) From a Speech on an Amendment to the Group Areas Act in the House of Assembly by Mrs Helen Suzman, 23 February 1961 Part 9: Apartheid in Practice – Social Consequences 30. Marriage and Immorality Laws. From The Politics of Inequality, by Gwendolen M. Carter, 1958 31. Petty Apartheid a) Debate Between Mrs H. Suzman and the minister of Community Development, 2 June 1965 b) From the Cape Times, 15 October 1965 32. From the Prohibition of Improper Interference Bill, 1966 33. Banning, Banishment and Other Restrictive Measures. A Summary by Dr Edgar H Brookes. Postscripta a) Intimidation b)UDI and Rhodesia – The South African Reaction.