TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 16

1969 Public Service Amendment Act No 86:

S Established the Bureau of State Security (BOSS) (Horrell 1978: 449). Commenced: 1 April 1969

Repealed by s 37 of the Public Service Act No 111 of 1984

1970 Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (National States Citizenship Act) No 26:

P Required all black persons to become citizens of a self-governing territorial authority. As Minister Connie Mulder stated: ‘No black person will eventually qualify in terms of section 10 because they will all be aliens, and as such, will only be able to occupy the houses bequeathed to them by their fathers, in the urban areas, by special permission of the Minister,’ i.e. black people are forced by residence in designated ‘homelands’ areas to be citizens of that homeland and denied South African nationality, the right to work in South Africa etc. Assent gained: 26 March 1970; commencement date not found

Repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of 1993

1971 Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (National States Constitutional Act) No 21:

P Provided for the granting of increased powers to homeland governments, thus facilitating their eventual ‘independence’. Commenced: 31 March 1971

Repealed by Sch 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of 1993

1971 Extension of University Education Amendment Act No 29:

E In order to prevent students from changing courses after admission, the Minister would give consent only in respect of a specific university and a specified qualification. He could withdraw his consent if the student concerned changed her/his course of study (SRR 1971:288). Commenced: 12 May 1971

Repealed by s 21 of the Tertiary Education Act No 66 of 1988

1971 Black Affairs Administration Act No 45:

P Provided for black self-government in townships. Commenced: 26 November 1971

Repealed by s 69 of the Black Communities Development Act No 4 of 1984

1972 Suppression of Communism Amendment Act No 2:

S Amended provisions regarding the participation of certain persons in the activities of certain organisations as well as ministerial powers regarding the registration of newspapers. Commenced: 8 March 1972

Repealed by s 73(1) of the Internal Security Act No 74 of 1982

1972 Admission of Persons to the Republic Regulation Act No 59:

U Consolidated the laws relating to prohibited persons and to the admission of persons to the Republic or any of its provinces. Commenced: 2 June 1972

Repealed by s 60 of the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act No 108 of 1991