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“Blaauwberg agency” covered the farms in the Makgabeng area. While
the White landowners united for the sale of their lands, Blacks who
became either tenants or landless, were forced to come together and buy
those farms on sale 420 .
By the 1940s, the foundation of the control of Blacks on land had been
solidly laid by the 1913 Natives Land Act, the 1927 Native Administration
Act and the 1936 Natives Land and Trust Act. All the purchases of farms
were strictly done according to the provisions of these Acts, together with
other laws and regulations which governed the lives of Blacks. While the
1913 Act made provision for the purchase, leasing, occupation and
ownership of land by Blacks and “other persons” 421 , the 1927 Act
provided for “the better control and management of Black affairs” 422
whereas the 1936 Act provided for the establishment of the South African
420 The following were the White companies and individuals who owned farms in the
Makgabeng area from whom the purchases were made by Blacks who were landless as well as
those who could no longer bear the hardships of being tenants:
1. Transvaal Consolidated Land and Exploration Co. Ltd (Bayswater, Gemarke,
Groenepunt, Langbryde, Rosamond and Too Late).
2. Transvaal Estates and Development Co. Ltd (Bonna Esperance, De La Roche and
Normandy).
3. Oceana Consolidated Co. Ltd (Lomonside and Millbank).
4. Bourke Trust and Co. Ltd (Early Dawn, Harrietswish, Millstream and Old Langsyne).
5. D.C de Waal (Cracow, Disseldorp and Ketting).
6. Balkis Land Maatschappy Bpk (Barenen).
7. E. Oates (Uitkyk).
8. The Government (Schoongezicht).
421 The Natives Land Act of 1913, Section 1.
422 The Native Administration Act of 1927, Section 1.
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