The system of racial segregation and oppression in South Africa known as apartheid was implemented and enforced by many acts and other laws.
Although apartheid as a comprehensive legislative project truly began after the National Party came into power in 1948, many of these statutes were preceded by the laws of the previous British and Afrikaner administrations in South Africa's provinces.
[1] An early example is the Glen Grey Act, passed in 1894 in Cape Colony, and which had the effect of diminishing the land rights of Africans in scheduled areas.
These laws were repealed by the Immorality and Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Amendment Act, 1985.
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 established universal non-racial adult suffrage.