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The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'

The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'

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22 Aug 2019
The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew'

The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announced that the '72-hour curfew' will be lifted on a trial basis in Pretoria and Bloemfontein, as part of a plan to remove all restrictions. The '72-hour curfew' imposed on visiting blacks was one of the most hated apartheid laws. This curfew formed an integral part of influx-control regulations that restricted black people's movement. In his statement he said that the curfew requiring blacks to have a permit to stay more than 72 hours in an urban area would be dropped in Pretoria and Bloemfontein as an experiment.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew' . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149077

South African History Online (2019) 'The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew' ', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149077 (Accessed: 29 July 2026).

South African History Online, The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew' [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149077, (accessed 29 July 2026).

"The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew' ." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149077. Accessed 29 July 2026.

South African History Online. "The Minister of Cooperation and Development, Dr. Piet Koornhof, announces the lifting of the '72-hour curfew' ." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0149077.

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