New Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports

Date: 21 Apr 1982
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

A Group Areas Amendment Bill, introduced on 7 March 1982 and enacted on 21 April, maintained the existing commitment to the principle of separate residential areas, schools and amenities for different races, but excluded sports venues from its provisions. It is assumed that this step was taken in an effort to ease restrictions on participation of South African sportsmen in international games.

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). New Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012482

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South African History Online. "New Group Areas Amendment Bill excludes sports." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012482.