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825: 782: 200: 37: 1010:'s white minority, who elected six MPs to the House of Assembly. They were first elected in 1950, with the territory being represented in the South African Parliament until 1977. South West Africa's representation in the South African Parliament was abolished in 1977 to pave the way for independence for the territory. However, this would not occur until 1990. 926:
The franchise, in all parts of the Union, was initially limited to men over the age of 21. White women were enfranchised in 1929 and the remaining property and income qualifications affecting white men were abolished in 1930. The voting age was reduced to 18 in the 1960s. There were some additional
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Natal had a theoretically non-racial franchise, which was similar to (but different in detail) from the property and income based franchise of the Cape. In practice, few non-white electors ever qualified to vote under it. It was estimated, in 1908, that "200 non-Europeans out of a total of 22,786
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were included on the common voters' roll. Under the Representation of Natives Act (1936), three white members were elected to represent black voters in the province, with the voters' roll being limited to only 11 000. In 1960, these seats were abolished.
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The voters in the Orange Free State, Transvaal and South West Africa had to be qualified white people, throughout the whole period when those areas were represented in the House of Assembly.
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From 1930, the traditional Cape franchise only affected non-white electors. The 1929 and 1930 extensions of white voting rights were not granted to the non-white majority of the population.
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in 1908, which drafted the terms of what became the South Africa Act, "22,784 Native and Coloured persons out of a total of 152,221 electors" were entitled to vote in Cape elections.
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provided that the franchise in each province should be the same as that in the corresponding colony before the Union, until altered by the Union Parliament. The Act included
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and eight were elected by the directly elected members. The elected additional members were chosen by proportional representation, by means of the
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The Green and the dry wood: The Roman Catholic Church (Vicariate of Windhoek) and the Namibian socio-political situation, 1971-1981
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in 1981, the membership of the House of Assembly was increased included 12 additional members, of whom four were appointed by the
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The Cape of Good Hope had a franchise based on property and wage qualifications, open to people of all races. At the time of the
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In 1935, there was one black elector in Natal. He retained the general roll franchise when the Cape black voters lost it.
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and not completely enforced until the later 1950s, the last year to see non-whites participate in a general election was
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Similarly the coloured voters in Cape Province were removed from the common (or general roll), under the
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Nom: Nominated by the State President, one per province (represented in the House January 1981 – 1994)
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IE: Indirectly elected, by the directly elected MPs (represented in the House January 1981 – 1994)
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The following table reflects only those members elected from general roll electoral divisions.
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In 1949, the South West Africa Affairs Amendment Act extended parliamentary representation to
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Discussion of the franchise and the quotations about numbers of voters are from
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CCRM: Cape Coloured representative members (represented in the House 1958–1970)
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CNRM: Cape Native representative members (represented in the House 1937–1960)
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Official Documents of the 4th Session of the United Nations General Assembly
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between 1981 and 1984, and latterly the white representative house of the
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qualifications and disqualifications which varied between provinces.
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South Africa 1982: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa
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South Africa 1978: Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa
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General roll electoral divisions (contested at general elections)
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The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa
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The old House of Assembly chamber was severely damaged in a
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SWA: South West Africa (represented in the House 1950–1977)
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Non-general roll seats (not filled at general elections)
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from 1984 to 1994, when it was replaced by the current
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Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act, 1968
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1951, although as the Act was challenged during the
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May (3rd edition 1955, Juta & Co) 3362:, published by Chris van Rensburg Publications 2968:SOUTH AFRICA Date of Elections: 29 April 1981 805: 954:Until 1937, a small number of blacks in the 1065:Composition by election, province, and type 872:voted under a restricted form of suffrage. 3105:, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 1983, page 6 812: 798: 35: 3266:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1969–1970 3249:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1965–1966 3232:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1961–1962 3215:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1957–1958 3198:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1952–1954 3177:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1946–1948 3156:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1943–1946 1036: 995:electors had secured franchise rights". 823: 2982:Section 35 of the South Africa Act 1909 753:Music in the movement against apartheid 3402:1994 disestablishments in South Africa 3374: 978:, enacted on behalf of Prime Minister 964:Separate Representation of Voters Act 882: 3343:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1989 3330:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1987 3317:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1981 3300:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1978 3283:Keesing's Contemporary Archives 1974 1001: 3397:1910 establishments in South Africa 1934: 1025:. 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Index

Coat of arms or logo
Lower house
Unicameral
White representative house
National Assembly
Voting system
First-past-the-post
15 September 1910
6 September 1989
Cape Town
Cape Province
a series
Apartheid

Events
1948 general election
Coloured vote constitutional crisis
1956 Treason Trial
Sharpeville massacre
Rivonia Trial
Soweto uprising
Church Street, Pretoria bombing
Vaal uprising
Trojan Horse Incident
Khotso House bombing
Cape Town peace march
CODESA
Assassination of Chris Hani
Saint James Church massacre
1994 Bophuthatswana crisis

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