... ."" A person could not be considered white if one of his or her parents were non-white. The determination that a person was "obviously white- would take into account "his habits, education, and speech and deportment and demeanor."" The Department of Home Affairs (a government bureau) was responsible for the classification of the citizenry. Non-compliance with the race laws was dealt with ... harshly. All blacks were required to carry "pass books- containing fingerprints, photo, and information on access to non-black areas. In 1951, the Bantu Authorities Act established a basis for ethnic...

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... . The implementation of the policy, later referred to as "separate development," was made possible by the Population Registration Act of 1950, which put all South Africans into three racial categories: Bantu (black African), white, or Coloured (of mixed race). A fourth category, Asian (Indians and Pakistanis), was added later (2). This was the inception of the historical too of discrimination unleashed on the ... could also be termed as a plausible reason. The social structure at that time for the blacks was deplorable, they were assigned to low wage jobs only, had no access to education...

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... concluded that 10% refer to English as their "mother-tongue". The most common languages in South Africa are Xhosa, Tswana, Zulu, and Swahili (African Languages). Zulu is one of nine Bantu languages spoken in East Southern Africa. Approximately 8.8 million people speak this language (African Languages). Swahili is spoken as a mother language vast along the coast of East Africa. It is the ... masks represent spirits of ancestors (Fetzer 106). Some villages make masks with full costumes and use them with music to dance in ritual performances. They used masks for social control, education o...

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