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Native Affairs/Administration Acts and native law codes

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Kind legislation gazette
Producer Union Parliament
Coverage 1865-1998
Works using it 7

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Pre-Union colonial economy, the mineral revolution and the South African War 1
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Post-apartheid economic policy, governance and corruption 1
Resistance and liberation movements 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Beall et al. (2005) Historical statutes: Black Administration Act No. 38 of 1927; Bantu Authorities Act 1951; Natives Land Act 1913; KwaZulu Amakhosi and Iziphakanyiswa Act No. 9 of 1990 and amendments; Municipal Demarcation Act No. 27 of 1998 1913-1998 Traces the continuity of indirect rule and the legal powers of chiefs from colonial to post-apartheid periods.
Davies et al. (1976) Native Service Contract Act (1932), Hertzog Bills of 1936, Native Lands and Trusts Act 1936 1932-1936 Interpreted as measures to resolve the agricultural labour crisis consistent with national capital's hegemony.
Dubow (1986) Statutes: Native Affairs Act 1920, Native Administration Act 1927, Native Service Contract Act 1932, Urban Areas Act 1923, Taxation Act 1925 1920-1932 Legislative context establishing the NAD's expanding powers and its relationship to coercive measures.
Edgecombe (1987) Legislation and regulations: Natal Act 23 of 1908, Native Labour Regulation Act 1911, Liquor Act 30 of 1928, Native Administration Act 1927, Government Notice 1087 of 1934, Native Administration (Amendment) Act 1939 1908-1939 Establishes the legal framework for wage deductions, beer licences and the attempts to prohibit tokens.
Kerr (1958) Natal Code of Native Law (first code 1878; Law 19 of 1891; Proc. 168 of 1932) 1878-1932 Analysed as a codified civil Native law, e.g. its provisions on lobolo values, kraal sections, and recovery of marriage payments.
Kerr (1958) Native Administration Act No. 38 of 1927, Law No. 28 of 1865 (Natal), Act 17 of 1923, Proc. 123 of 1931, Proc. 131 of 1952 1865-1952 Shows legislation outside the Code regulating exemption, repugnancy, registration of births and deaths, and land tenure.
Nielsen (1922) Native Affairs Act of 1920 and Native Lands Act 1913/1920 The legal basis of the territorial separation policy the author endorses.
Switzer (1990) Statutes and bills reported in Imvo (Native Affairs Act 1920, Glen Grey Act 1894, Native Administration Act 1927, Native Tax Act 1925, Native Education Tax Bill) 1894-1927 Provides the legislative context of segregation that Imvo's coverage and protest responded to.