General Circular No. 27 (1967) on black housing

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Kind	legislation gazette
Producer	South African government
Coverage	1967-1968
Works using it	3

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Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Legassick (1974)	General Circular No 25 of 12 December 1967 (Bantu Administration) and related 1960s legislation (Physical Planning and Utilization of Resources Act 88 of 1967, Bantu Laws Amendment Act 76 of 1963, Bantu Labour Act 67 of 1964, Native Taxation and Development Act 1958, Bantu Authorities Act 1951)	1951-1971	Documents the shift to labour-ratio controls, resettlement of 'unproductive' Africans, and decentralized labour bureaux and recruitment.
Lemon (1984a)	General Circular No. 27 (1967) on black housing in white urban areas	1967-1968	Used to show that local authorities needed government approval for new black housing schemes, pushing housing into homelands.
Lemon (1984c)	General Circular No. 27 (1967)	1967-1968	Documents the policy requiring government approval for new black housing schemes in white areas.