ON 26 MAY 1948, the policy of apartheid was introduced to South Africa.

Apartheid was developed through a series of Acts of parliament including the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act 1949, Population Registration Act 1950, Group Areas Act 1950, Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act 1951, Suppression of Communism Act 1950, Bantu Education Act 1950, Bantu Authorities Act 1951, Reservation of Separate Amenities Act 1953, Natives Urban Areas Act 1952, Native Labour Act 1953 and Black Homeland Citizenship Act 1970.