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The Apartheid Legislation in South Africa was a series of different laws and acts which were to help the apartheid-government to enforce the segregation of different races and cement the power and the dominance by the Whites, of substantially European descent, over the other race groups. Starting in 1948, the Nationalist Government in South Africa enacted laws to define and enforce segregation. With the enactment of apartheid laws in 1948, racial discrimination was institutionalised. According to economist Walter E. Williams, apartheid "maintained white power by denying political and economic liberty to black South Africans." The effect of the legislation was invariably favourable to the whites and detrimental to the non-white racial groups namely the Coloureds, Indians and Blacks.
What makes South Africa's apartheid era different from segregation in other countries is the systematic way in which the National Party, which came into power in 1948, formalized the Apartheid rules through the law.
Read more about Apartheid Legislation In South Africa: Publication of Legislation, Segregationist Legislation Before Apartheid
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