Over 17 million arrested under pass laws

Date: 10 Feb 1991
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Minister of Law and Order Adriaan Vlok said that between 1921 and 1986 more than 17 million people had been arrested under influx control laws in South Africa.

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01Overcoming Apartheid Pass Laws [online] Available at: https://overcomingapartheid.msu.edu [Accessed on 12 February 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Over 17 million arrested under pass laws. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012948

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"Over 17 million arrested under pass laws." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012948. Accessed 25 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Over 17 million arrested under pass laws." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012948.