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SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”

Date
24 Aug 1960
Updated
30 Sep 2019
SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”

On 24 August 1960, The Star newspaper reported that the new Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy would take disciplinary action against White policeman who referred to Africans as “Kaffir”.In an interview with ‘World’, a non-White newspaper, du Plooy said that his policy on Africans was one of “leniency and extreme tolerance.”

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  1. 01The Star (24 August 1960), ‘How Natives should be addressed’ [Available at the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town Campus] p5.
  2. 02Fromoldbooks.org, 2011. “Kaffirs” [online] Available at www.fromoldbooks.org [Accessed: 18 July 2011]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, August 18). SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067762

South African History Online (2011) 'SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”', South African History Online, 18 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067762 (Accessed: 18 August 2026).

South African History Online, SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir” [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067762, (accessed 18 August 2026).

"SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”." South African History Online, 18 Aug. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067762. Accessed 18 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "SA Police Commissioner, Lt. Gen. H.J. du Plooy to take drastic actions against police who call Africans “Kaffir”." South African History Online. August 18, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0067762.

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