The blacks in South Africa were discriminated against on racial grounds and they faced the following problems.
(i) They were forbidden from living in areas where the whites lived. They could work in whites areas only if they had a permit.
(ii) Trains, buses, taxies, hotels, schools, hospitals, public toilets, beaches, swimming pools etc were all separate for the whites and the blacks.
(iii) They could not even visit the churches where the whites used to worship. Blacks could not form associations or protest against the terrible treatment.