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Group Areas Act

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

3Records
1950–1991Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1950

Daniel Francois Malan7 July 1950

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Government establishes racial controls over residential and business areas.

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd1950

Government / Government of South Africa

Group Areas Act, forces physical separation between races by creating different residential areas for different races

1991

Frederik Willem de Klerk1 February 1991

Government / Government of South Africa

Announces the Group Areas Act of 1966 will be abolished

Names involved

Daniel Francois MalanFrederik Willem de KlerkHendrik Frensch Verwoerd

Provenance

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