Under apartheid this was the area reserved for the white man, designated as such by the Group Areas Act.

Group Areas Act 41 of 1950.

Legislation that enabled the Apartheid government to do this included the Group Areas Act.

He also relaxed the Group Areas Act, which barred non-whites from living in certain areas.

The Group Areas Act dictated where people could live according to their race.

But they made clear that they wanted to see the Group Areas Act dropped altogether.

But the Group Areas Act makes it hard for interracial couples to find a home.

They called in particular for the repeal of the Group Areas Act and the Land Acts.

Forced relocation of the non-white population under the Group Areas Act began in 1962, causing various townships to be built.

Indeed, after 1950 it was illegal under the notorious Group Areas Act.