The Land Tenure Act (1969)

Sir Goddfrey Huggins/Lord Marlven.

• This was a more rigid and segregationalist law
• It replaced the Land Tenure Act of 1931
• The aim of the law was to create different areas for each race
• It increased the division between the Europeans and Africans
• The act propounded a policy similar to that of apartheid
• Native Reserves were renamed Tribal Trust Lands
• African were to live permanently in these settlements and could move to urban areas after gaining employment
• Africans could not settle in European areas without permission which was almost never granted even if they had the means to do so

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