ertain jobs were restricted to whites and in 1936 African voters were removed from the roll in Cape Province. With the Apartheid policy being passed in 1950, the Population Registration Act, Immortality Act, Group Areas Act and the Suppression of Communism Act were also introduced. The Population Registration Act, defined the classification of races. This required the residents of South African to be arranged into three racial categories- white, black (African) and coloured (mixed decent). The classification was based on appearance, social acceptance and decent, but was often hard to define due to racial intermingling over the years. The 'blacks' were required to carry pass books that included fingerprints, photo and information on access to non-black areas. Harsh penalties were enforced by the Department of Home Affairs against any native person who did not carry their pass book at all times, becoming a sign of suppression and loss of freedom for the African people. The Group Areas Act determined which living areas were reserved for the three racial categories, The Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act and the Immortality Act made sexual and marital relations between member of different races illegal and the Suppression of Communism Act had strong penalties for any person, especially one of the coloured or black races, supporting Communism ideals, as the National Party was solidly anti-communist. More legislation was introduced in the 1950s such as the 1953 Reservation of Separate Amenities Act, that divided park benches, public building, transport, restaurants and public toilets into which race they catered for. Apartheid was also promoted in the South African education system, with the Bantu Education Act 1954 tak
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