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A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community

A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community

Date
20 Sep 1976
Updated
30 Sep 2019
A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community

A seven-man delegation of Coloured leaders flies from Cape Town to Pretoria to meet South African Prime Minister, John Vorster for discussions on the future of the Coloured community. They unsuccessfully appealed to John Vorster to immediately release the Chairman of the Coloured Labour Party, the Rev. Allan Hendrickse.   In the late 1970s the Coloured Labour Party strengthened its position by forging an alliance with six members of the Coloured Persons Representative Council (CPRC). Unity talks were held and it was decided unequivocally to tell the government that the present political dispensation of apartheid was unacceptable.

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  1. 01South African History Online, ‘1970s’, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za[Accessed: 29 August 2012]
  2. 02Encyclopedia of the Nations, ‘South Africa - Political parties’, [online], Available at www.nationsencyclopedia.com[Accessed: 29 August 2012]
  3. 03South African History Online, ‘Coloured Labour Party strengthened its stance against apartheid, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za[Accessed: 29 August 2012]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, September 12). A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093602

South African History Online (2012) 'A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community', South African History Online, 12 September. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093602 (Accessed: 1 August 2026).

South African History Online, A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093602, (accessed 1 August 2026).

"A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community." South African History Online, 12 Sept. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093602. Accessed 1 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "A delegation of seven Coloured leaders meets with SA Prime Minister Vorster to discuss the future of the Coloured community." South African History Online. September 12, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093602.

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