<P> In South Africa , pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the population , manage urbanisation , and allocate migrant labour . Also known as the natives law , pass laws severely limited the movements of not only black African citizens , but other people 's as well by requiring them to carry pass books when outside their homelands or designated areas . Before the 1950s , this legislation largely applied to African men , and attempts to apply it to women in the 1910s and 1950s were met with significant protests . Pass laws would be one of the dominant features of the country 's apartheid system , until it was effectively ended in 1986 . </P>
<P> In South Africa , pass laws were a form of internal passport system designed to segregate the population , manage urbanisation , and allocate migrant labour . Also known as the natives law , pass laws severely limited the movements of not only black African citizens , but other people 's as well by requiring them to carry pass books when outside their homelands or designated areas . Before the 1950s , this legislation largely applied to African men , and attempts to apply it to women in the 1910s and 1950s were met with significant protests . Pass laws would be one of the dominant features of the country 's apartheid system , until it was effectively ended in 1986 . </P>
when were pass laws abolished in south africa
when were pass laws abolished in south africa
1986
1986