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Population Registration Act

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

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1950Date range
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Chronological records

1950

Daniel Francois Malan7 July 1950

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Government creates compulsory racial classification under national law.

Names involved

Daniel Francois Malan

Provenance

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