Land Act, noun phrase

Origin:
Shortened form of the name of each Act.
historical
Either of two Acts of Parliament: a. The Natives Land Act (No.27 of 1913) which prohibited Black people from owning or leasing land except in areas reserved for them, or in areas to be added to these on the recommendation of a commission set up in terms of the Act. b. The Native Trust and Land Act (No.18 of 1936), which added land to the areas already set aside for Black occupation, and appointed a Trust to control the ownership, leasing, and acquisition of such land; see also Hertzog Bills.
Note:
The 1913 Act set aside 10,5 million morgen (approximately 7,4 percent of South Africa’s total area) for occupation by Black people; the 1936 Act added a further 7,25 million morgen, bringing the percentage to approximately 12,5 per cent. Both Acts were repealed by the Abolition of Racially Based Land Measures Act (No.108 of 1991). See also pillar(s) of apartheid (pillar).
[1913 Act 27 in Stat. of Union 436To make further provision as to the purchase and leasing of land by Natives and other Persons in the several parts of the Union and for other purposes in connection with the ownership and occupation of Land by Natives and other Persons.]
[1913 Act 27 in Stat. of Union 448This Act may be cited for all purposes as the Natives Land Act, 1913.]
1916 S.T. Plaatje Native Life (1982) 60We have dealt with the history of the Land Act from its commencement, and all the speeches and official documents we have mentioned hitherto say nothing about restricting Europeans in their ownership of land.
1931 W.A. Cotton Racial Segregation 58It might as well be admitted that the efficient motive behind the 1913 Land Act, as behind the later Colour Bar Act and all the policy of parallel institutions and domiciliary segregation, was and is, that we want the Natives’ labour, but we don’t want them.
[1936 Act 18 in Stat. of Union 90This Act and the Natives Land Act 1913 (Act No.27 of 1913), hereinafter referred to as the ‘principal Act’, as modified by this Act, shall be construed as if they formed one Act.]
[1936 Act 18 in Stat. of Union 142This Act shall be called the Native Trust and Land Act 1936.]
1964 M. Benson Afr. Patriots 290There was the Land Act — restricting millions of African peasants to small tight reserves. These..have grown ever more crowded, denuded, struck by famine.
1977 J. Sikakane Window on Soweto 11They were forced off the land by..economic and political measures such as the Land Act of 1913 which displaced thousands of Africans from ‘white-owned’ land.
1980 D.B. Coplan Urbanization of African Performing Arts. 168The widespread popularity of Caluza’s compositions among African choirs throughout the Union was largely due to the topicality of his lyrics...Umteto we Land Act..protests the injustice of the Land Act of 1913.
1990 New African 11 June 4The 1913 and 1936 Land Acts scheduled areas for black settlement — a mere 13 percent of South Africa — and ended black purchase of land outside the homelands.
1991 B. Seery in Sunday Tribune 19 May 9The battlecry at this week’s conference was opposition to the government’s plans to repeal the Land Acts of 1913 and 1936 which would effectively allow blacks to buy white farming land.
The Natives Land Act (No.27 of 1913) which prohibited Black people from owning or leasing land except in areas reserved for them, or in areas to be added to these on the recommendation of a commission set up in terms of the Act.
The Native Trust and Land Act (No.18 of 1936), which added land to the areas already set aside for Black occupation, and appointed a Trust to control the ownership, leasing, and acquisition of such land;
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