DF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time

Date: 25 May 1944
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

This day in history marks the first time the term Apartheid was mentioned in Parliament by Dr Malan. For Dr Malan, Apartheid was a practice and an ideology to ensure the safety of the White race and of Christian civilisation by the maintenance of principles of separate development. Apartheid as a term soon gained currency, going untranslated into the English political terminology.

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01La Guma, Alex: (1971) Apartheid; a collection of writings on South African racism by South Africans. Intl Pub.

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South African History Online. (2017, May 16). DF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123338

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"DF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time." South African History Online, 16 May 2017, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123338. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "DF Malan mentions the term 'Apartheid' in Parliament for the first time." South African History Online. May 16, 2017. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0123338.