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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted in the years 1940 to 1949. South African acts are uniquely identified by the year of passage and an act number within that year. Some acts have gone by more than one short title in the course of their existence; in such cases each title is listed with the years in which it applied.
January. 27 – A peace resolution introduced in the Parliament of South Africa is defeated 81–59. 29 – The Herenigde Nasionale Party is established. June. 11 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Italy. December. 3 – The Royal Navy battle cruiser HMS Renown and aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal arrive at Cape Town.
List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1930–1939. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1940–1949. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1950–1959. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1960–1969. List of acts of the Parliament of South Africa, 1970–1979.
The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws. This legislation served to institutionalize racial discrimination and the dominance by white people over people of other races. While the bulk of this legislation was enacted after the election of the ...
In 1910, the Union of South Africa was created as a self-governing dominion, which continued the legislative program: the South Africa Act (1910) enfranchised white people, giving them complete political control over all other racial groups while removing the right of Black people to sit in parliament; [37] the Native Land Act (1913) prevented ...
Internal resistance to apartheid in South Africa originated from several independent sectors of South African society and took forms ranging from social movements and passive resistance to guerrilla warfare. Mass action against the ruling National Party (NP) government, coupled with South Africa's growing international isolation and economic ...
0–9. 1940 in South Africa (3 C, 1 P) 1941 in South Africa (3 C, 1 P) 1942 in South Africa (4 C, 2 P) 1943 in South Africa (6 C, 1 P) 1944 in South Africa (4 C, 7 P) 1945 in South Africa (3 C, 1 P) 1946 in South Africa (4 C, 4 P) 1947 in South Africa (4 C, 5 P)
The National Party ( Afrikaans: Nasionale Party, NP ), also known as the Nationalist Party, [ 2][ 3][ 4] were a political party in South Africa from 1914 to 1997, which was responsible for the implementation of apartheid rule. The party was an Afrikaner ethnic nationalist party, which initially promoted the interests of Afrikaners but later ...