Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act

Date: 21 Jan 1946
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act

Prime Minister Jan Christiaan Smuts announced the intention of the government to introduce new legislation to replace the Pegging Act, due to expire on 31 March, prohibiting Indians from purchasing land from non-Indians. Indians would be entitled to elect three White Europeans to the House of Assembly, two Whites to the Senate, and three members to the Natal Provincial Council on a communal franchise with educational and property qualifications.

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01Bagwandeen, D., (1984), Smuts and the 'Ghetto Act' of 1946, from University of kwa-Zulu Natal, [online], Available at history.ukzn.ac.za [Accessed: 12 December 2013]

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011672

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