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eventREF E-0011672Revised

21 January 1946

Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act

Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act

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.

How we know this

  1. 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]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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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

South African History Online (2011) 'Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011672 (Accessed: 8 October 2026).

South African History Online, Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011672, (accessed 8 October 2026).

"Prime Minister Smuts set to replace Pegging Act." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0011672. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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

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