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Di, 06 Desember 2005 08:00  |
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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.
>
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| Re: boER Oppression: Apartheid South Africa [boodskap #107677 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #107645] |
Wo, 07 Desember 2005 10:34  |
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Ongelukkig het Pis 'n punt beet hierdie keer
Spencer
"Ferdi Greyling" skryf in boodskap news:439744c7.495592404@news.saix.co.za...
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> 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.
>
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