Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953

Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953
Parliament of South Africa
Long title Act to provide for the prevention and settlement of native labour disputes and for the regulation of conditions of employment of natives; to amend the Industrial Conciliation Act, 1937, and to provide for other incidental matters.
Citation	Act No. 48 of 1953
Enacted by	Parliament of South Africa
Royal assent	5 October 1953
Commenced	9 October 1953
Repealed	1 November 1981
Administered by	Minister of Labour
Repealed by
Labour Relations Amendment Act, 1981
Status: Repealed

The Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, 1953 (renamed in 1964 to the Bantu Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act, in 1973 to the Bantu Labour Relations Regulation Act, and in 1978 to the Black Labour Relations Regulation Act) was a South African law that formed part of the apartheid system of racial segregation in South Africa. The effect of the law was to prohibit strike action by black Africans.