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| 1923 |
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| Natives (Urban Areas) Act provided for urban segregation and regulation of conditions in black areas. | 1 |
| Africans held conferences at Bloemfontein and Pretoria to protest changes in their rights. | 2 |
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| 1924, June |
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| General election brought Hertzog to power in a pact with the Labour Party under the banner of “civilized labor” to protect white employment. | 3 |
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| 1925 |
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| The Native Tax and Development Act replaced hut taxes with a uniform poll tax of £1 per African adult male, plus 10 shillings per annum for reserve dwellers, earmarked for development projects. | 4 |
| Afrikaans recognized as an official language of South Africa, on a par with English and Dutch. Areas Reservation Act segregated Indians. | 5 |
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| 1925–29 |
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| A wave of rural radicalism in eastern South Africa was marked by the rise of the ICU and other radical or millenarian movements. | 6 |
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| 1926 |
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| Hertzog's Native Bills to further establish territorial and political segregation were introduced, but were not passed until after the fusion of white political parties in 1933 due to the need for a two-thirds majority to interfere with the Cape African franchise. | 7 |
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| 1926–27 |
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| The African National Congress adopted a more radical line under the leadership of J. T. Gumede, influenced by the example of the USSR and by the Comintern's call for a black republic in South Africa. | 8 |
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| 1927 |
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| Native Administration Act furthered implementation of administrative and legal segregation and indirect rule. | 9 |
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| 1928, May |
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| Strike of South African Native Clothing Workers' Union and Witwatersrand Tailors' Association. | 10 |
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| 1929 |
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| The Riotous Assemblies Act gave the government power to deport those promoting “racial hostility”; the act was a tool for clamping down on radical movements. | 11 |
| Word apartheid was used. | 12 |
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| 1929–32 |
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| Severe depression caused the collapse of agricultural prices, leading to government institution of price supports and other aid to white farmers. | 13 |
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| 1930 |
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| The ANC returned to a moderate stance under the leadership of Pixley Seme. | 14 |
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| 1931 |
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| Revision of South Africa's Urban Areas Act further restricted Africans' rights to residence in cities and towns. | 15 |
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