Extension of University Education Act, 1959 | |
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Act to provide for the establishment, maintenance, management and control of university colleges for non-white persons; for the admission of students to and their instruction at university colleges; for the limitation of the admission of non-white students to certain university institutions; and for other incidental matters. | |
Citation | Act No. 45 of 1959 |
Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
Date of Royal Assent | 11 June 1959 |
Date commenced | 19 June 1959 |
Date repealed | 29 June 1988 |
Repealing legislation | |
Tertiary Education Act, 1988 | |
Status: Repealed |
The Extension of University Education Act, Act 45 of 1959, formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. This act made it a criminal offense for a non-white student to register at a formerly open university without the written permission of the Minister of Internal Affairs. New universities were established for the various non-white groups. In the Western Cape, a school in Bellville was established for coloureds, while a school at Ngoye was created in Zululand for Zulus. For Indians, a school was established at Durban in Natal Province, at Turfloop in the Transvaal for the Sotho-Tswanans, while Fort Hare, the former Lovedale Mission College, became restricted to Xhosas.
The act was repealed by the Tertiary Education Act, 1988.