<P> Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa . The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas in a system of urban apartheid . An effect of the law was to exclude non-Whites from living in the most developed areas , which were restricted to Whites ( e.g. , Sea Point , Lansdowne , Cape Town , Claremont , Cape Town ) . It caused many non-Whites to have to commute large distances from their homes in order to be able to work . The law led to non-Whites being forcibly removed for living in the `` wrong '' areas . The non-white majority were given much smaller areas ( e.g. , Tongaat , Grassy Park ) to live in than the white minority who owned most of the country . Pass Laws required that non-Whites carry pass books , and later ' reference books ' ( similar to passports ) to enter the ' white ' parts of the country . </P>
<P> Group Areas Act was the title of three acts of the Parliament of South Africa enacted under the apartheid government of South Africa . The acts assigned racial groups to different residential and business sections in urban areas in a system of urban apartheid . An effect of the law was to exclude non-Whites from living in the most developed areas , which were restricted to Whites ( e.g. , Sea Point , Lansdowne , Cape Town , Claremont , Cape Town ) . It caused many non-Whites to have to commute large distances from their homes in order to be able to work . The law led to non-Whites being forcibly removed for living in the `` wrong '' areas . The non-white majority were given much smaller areas ( e.g. , Tongaat , Grassy Park ) to live in than the white minority who owned most of the country . Pass Laws required that non-Whites carry pass books , and later ' reference books ' ( similar to passports ) to enter the ' white ' parts of the country . </P>
where did the group areas act take place
where did the group areas act take place
South Africa
South Africa