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A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC

A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC

Date
9 Sep 1977
Updated
30 Sep 2019
A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC

A memorandum containing complete details of a proposed constitutional dispensation was delivered to the Coloured Persons' Representative Council (CPRC)by the Minister of Coloured Relations. The details were released on 11 September 1977. They were also revealed officially by the Transvaal leader of the National Party, Dr. Connie Mulder, who claimed they were  honest and well-intentioned. The CPRC was formed with forty elected members and twenty nominated members. It had the legitimate right to make laws affecting Coloured people on finances, local government, education, rural settlements, agriculture, community welfare and pensions. It was first elected in 1969, re-elected in 1975, and permanently dissolved in 1980.

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  1. 01Schoeman E. and Kalley A. (1999) ‘South African Political History’, (Greenwood Press) pg 429
  2. 02O’Malley P. ‘Chronologies: 1977’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org.za  (Accessed: 15 August 2012)
  3. 03South African History Online, ‘Timeline: 1980s’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 16 August 2012)
  4. 04South African History Online, ‘Coloured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid’   [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za(Accessed: 16 August 2012)  

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, September 5). A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093324

South African History Online (2012) 'A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC', South African History Online, 5 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093324 (Accessed: 6 August 2026).

South African History Online, A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093324, (accessed 6 August 2026).

"A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC." South African History Online, 5 Sept. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093324. Accessed 6 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "A memorandum containing a proposed constitutional dispensation is delivered to the CPRC." South African History Online. September 5, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093324.

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