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Reform of Electoral System

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

6Records
1933–1949Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1933

James Hertzog1933

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Passes the Natives Bill which removes the Cape Natives from the common roll

1936

James Hertzog1936

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Cape Africans are removed from the common roll.

James Hertzog1936

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

Cape Natives are placed on a separate roll & allowed to vote for just 3 white MPs.

James Hertzog1936

Pretoria · Government / Government of South Africa

The Natives Bill excludes African representation in the House of Assembly.

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr1936

Government / Government of South Africa

Hofmeyr opposes the Natives Representation Bill

1949

Daniel Francois Malan1949

Government / Government of South Africa

German South West Africans support Malan, he is less dependent on the Afrikaner Party. Citizenship Act, extends the franchise to Germans in South West Africa

Names involved

Daniel Francois MalanJames HertzogJan Hendrik Hofmeyr

Provenance

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