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Population Registration Act, 1950

Population Registration Act, 1950

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Oct 13, 2026

David AnsaraGUEST
19:33
You're basically saying that you need to adjudicate somebody based on their external characteristics.
David AnsaraGUEST
19:40
And then when you ask, as Gerhard Papenfuss of NIASA, an employer's association, he actually wrote to the Minister of Labour and said, well, how are employers actually supposed to adjudicate employees? who fits into which racial category? And her response was, of course, the Population Registration Act, which was the apartheid era legislation which was repealed.
David AnsaraGUEST
20:02
Yes.
David AnsaraGUEST
20:03
So explicitly referencing apartheid laws, so-called in the name of justice.
Gabriel MakinHOST
20:09
The Population Registration Act, just quickly, that's the one with the pencil test.
Gabriel MakinHOST
20:13
Is that how we get there?
David AnsaraGUEST
20:16
Yeah, basically.

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