This Day in History: 21 January 1946
Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, due to expire on 31 March, prohibiting Indians from purchasing land from non-Indians. Indians would be entitled to elect three White Europeans to the House of Assembly, two Whites to the Senate, and three members to the Natal Provincial Council on a communal franchise with educational and property qualifications.