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Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act

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

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1949Date range
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Chronological records

1949

Daniel Francois Malan1 July 1949

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Government enacts a ban on marriages classified as interracial.

Names involved

Daniel Francois Malan

Provenance

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