Permanent historical factsheet

Franchise

South Africa · Government / Government of South Africa. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

3Records
1948–1951Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1948

Daniel Francois Malan1948

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

The Coloured Voters Bill to disenfranchise blacks is rejected by the courts

1949

Daniel Francois Malan1949

Government / Government of South Africa

Citizenship Act, extends the franchise to Germans in South West Africa

1951

Daniel Francois MalanJuly 1951

Government / Government of South Africa

The ANC, the Indian Congress & the Franchise Action Council demonstrate

Names involved

Daniel Francois Malan

Provenance

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