The Coloured Persons Representative Council of the Republic of South Africa was a partially elected council with limited legislative powers, intended to represent

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South Africans during the

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era. It was first elected in 1969, re-elected in 1975, and permanently dissolved in 1980. In 1984 the

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was created to represent coloured voters in the

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Election results

30 September 1969: 19 March 1975:

Laws enacted

In the course of its existence the CPRC only passed a small number of laws: * Law No. 1 of 1971: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Law, 1971 * Law No. 1 of 1972: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1972 * Law No. 1 of 1973: the Coloured Farmers Assistance Law, 1973 * Law No. 1 of 1974: the Coloured Persons Social Pensions Law, 1974 * Law No. 1 of 1977: the Coloured Persons Rehabilitation Centres Amendment Law, 1977 * Law No. 1 of 1979: the Rural Coloured Areas Law, 1979

Notes and references

Historical legislatures Defunct organisations based in South Africa Apartheid government Organisations associated with apartheid 1969 establishments in South Africa 1980 disestablishments {{Apartheid-sa-stub