24 Jun 1950 Jahr - Group Areas Act

Beschreibung:

The Group Areas Act of 1950 decreed that city centres were Whites-only for residence purposes.

In these areas, where many Blacks nonetheless continued to work, the government could argue that there was no need to provide decent, or even any, public services for non-Whites, because they had no right to reside there permanently and could use their own amenities when they returned home to their townships.

At the same time, the rapid growth of the townships, with little thought for the convenience and welfare for Africans, meant that amenities in these areas were extremely rudimentary.