Native land act of 1913

Native land act of 1913

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  THE NATIVE LANDACT OF 1913
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  QUESTIONS •1. Who wrotethe quote ? •2. Which act can you recognize from the quote ?
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  THE NATIVE LANDACT OF 1913 • The native land act of 1913 was an act implemented by the government in 19 June 1913 in order to regulate the acquisition of land. • The native land act was later renamed the bantu land act and later the black land act.
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  WHY THE NATIVELAND ACT WAS IMPLEMENTED? • The native land act was implemented so as to divide South Africa legally into white and black territories. • To provide white people with more land to use for farming and also make black labor readily available to the farms and mines.
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  ECONOMIC AND SOCIALIMPACTS OF THE NATIVE LAND ACT • Loss of property, Africans lost their land. • African people were not allowed to purchase land from the non natives who were European settlers who owned 93% of the South African land. • African people could no longer farm to feed their families. • African people were forced to work in mines and white owned farms and they had to pay huge amounts of taxes. • As migrant workers they had to leave their families behind.
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  IMPACTS OF THENATIVE LAND ACT • By becoming migrant workers, Africans moved from a life of agricultural land exploration and economic independence to dependence on the white colonists. • In the process of land dispossession, Africans lost their source of income and food security. • Furthermore they lost their dignity and their economic independence. • But they did not only loose their source of income infact they were made poor.
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  IMPACTS OF THENATIVE LAND ACT • Laboring for whites meant that Africans became dependent and controlled by their employers • Therefore employers gained control over the lives of African people • At the expense of Africans the mines became profitable and the economy grew.
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  QUESTION • How wereAfrican people’s rights violated by the native land act of 1913?
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  • The rightto own property; • The land of African people was forcibly taken away from them. • Their right to property was violated.
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  • By productivelyusing the land, Africans participated in the economic market of South Africa • With their land being taken away from them blacks could no longer take part or contribute to the economy as such as they were also excluded from the polotics of this country.
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  IN CONCLUSION… • Howdoes Native land act of 1913 still affect modern day society? • The department of the Rural development and land reform campaign’s theme is “Reverse the legacy of the Native land Act of 1913”; do you think it is possible to reverse the legacy of the Native land Act of 1913?
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  ACTIVITY • Go towww.menti.com and use the code: 119379 • And answer all the questions