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Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act.The Section 3b of the Act stated that, the facilities for different races did not need to be equal, while Section 3a, made it legal not only to supply segregated facilities, but also to completely exclude people, based on their race, from public premises, vehicles or services. In practice the best facilities were reserved for whites while those for other races were inferior.

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  • Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act.The Section 3b of the Act stated that, the facilities for different races did not need to be equal, while Section 3a, made it legal not only to supply segregated facilities, but also to completely exclude people, based on their race, from public premises, vehicles or services. In practice the best facilities were reserved for whites while those for other races were inferior. Municipalities quickly made use of the Act to pass by-laws that reserved certain areas for whites only. On 20 June 1990, the South African Parliament voted to repeal the Act, and on 15 October 1990, it was finally repealed by the Discriminatory Legislation regarding Public Amenities Repeal Act. A notable exception to the segregation that was implemented following the Act was the Johannesburg Zoo and Zoo Lake. Due to requirements in the "Deed of Gift", under which the land for the zoo and lake was acquired, segregation was not permitted and consequently the zoo and public park where the lake is located was open to all races from the time they were established. (en)
  • De Wet op aparte gerieven (Afrikaans: Wet op Afsonderlike Geriewe) is een Zuid-Afrikaanse wet uit 1953 die deel uitmaakte van een geheel van wetten die ingesteld werden in de tijd van de apartheid. De wet legaliseerde rassenscheiding in publieke gebouwen, voertuigen en diensten. Enkel openbare wegen waren buiten de wet gehouden. Sectie 3b van de wet begon met het vermelden dat de voorzieningen voor de verschillende rassen niet dezelfde kwaliteit behoefden te hebben, terwijl sectie 3a erin voorzag dat niet alle voorzieningen voor alle rassen opgezet dienden te worden, maar sommige rassen geheel mochten uitsluiten. In de praktijk kwam dit erop neer dat de beste voorzieningen toebedeeld werden aan de blanke inwoners. Na inwerkingtreding van de wet namen veel Zuid-Afrikaanse gemeenten direct actie door een groot aantal plaatsen aan te wijzen die in het vervolg 'slegs vir blankes' toegankelijk waren. Een opmerkelijke uitzondering moest de overheid maken voor de en het aangrenzende meer. De voorwaarden waarop de gronden beschikbaar waren gesteld schreven voor dat alle rassen er welkom waren. Rassenscheiding was niet toegestaan zolang de dierentuin er gevestigd was. Op 20 juli 1990 werd er over de beëindiging van de wet gestemd, waarna deze op 15 oktober 1990 daadwerkelijk buiten werking werd gesteld. (nl)
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  • Act No. 49 of 1948 (en)
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  • 1990-10-15 (xsd:date)
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  • Act to provide for the of public premises and vehicles or portions thereof for the exclusive use of persons of a particular race or class, for the interpretation of laws which provide for such reservation, and for matters incidental thereto. (en)
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  • 1953-10-05 (xsd:date)
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  • Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 (en)
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  • Separate Amenities Act, Act No 49 of 1953, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The Act legalized the racial segregation of public premises, vehicles and services. Only public roads and streets were excluded from the Act.The Section 3b of the Act stated that, the facilities for different races did not need to be equal, while Section 3a, made it legal not only to supply segregated facilities, but also to completely exclude people, based on their race, from public premises, vehicles or services. In practice the best facilities were reserved for whites while those for other races were inferior. (en)
  • De Wet op aparte gerieven (Afrikaans: Wet op Afsonderlike Geriewe) is een Zuid-Afrikaanse wet uit 1953 die deel uitmaakte van een geheel van wetten die ingesteld werden in de tijd van de apartheid. De wet legaliseerde rassenscheiding in publieke gebouwen, voertuigen en diensten. Enkel openbare wegen waren buiten de wet gehouden. Na inwerkingtreding van de wet namen veel Zuid-Afrikaanse gemeenten direct actie door een groot aantal plaatsen aan te wijzen die in het vervolg 'slegs vir blankes' toegankelijk waren. (nl)
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  • Wet op aparte gerieven (nl)
  • Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, 1953 (en)
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