Explain the consequences of the apportionment act on Africans in southern Rhodesia.
Answer Text: -Most Africans were forced to be migrant labourers as they were given little and productive land.-The act resulted in alienation of African land whereby African areas suffered from serious overgrazing and soil erosion.-Social roles were disrupted in reserves leaving the women to do jobs formerly done by men.-In urban areas, there was racial segregation in the provision of services, with Africans getting the worst facilities.-Politically, expropriation of land became the most serious grievance held by the African population.-Many taxes were imposed on the Africans in order to compel them to provide labour to the Europeans.
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