House of Representatives (Coloured chamber)

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The House of Representatives (Coloured chamber) was the apartheid-era parliamentary chamber in South Africa designated for Coloured voters under the tricameral legislature system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf parliamentary chamber
appliesToDemographic Coloured population in South Africa
characterizedAs instrument of apartheid policy
constitutionalStatus separate chamber within tricameral parliament
country South Africa
criticizedFor entrenching racial divisions in political representation
electorate Coloured voters
establishedFor representation of Coloured voters
excludedFromElectorate Black African majority
Indian population
white population
governingIdeologyContext racial segregation
white minority rule
hasVotingSystem parliamentary elections restricted by racial classification
historicalPeriod late apartheid era
languageUsed Afrikaans
English
legislativeSystem tricameral legislature system
locatedIn Cape Town NERFINISHED
meetsIn Houses of Parliament, Cape Town NERFINISHED
partOf Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED
apartheid constitutional framework
tricameral parliament of South Africa
politicalSystemContext apartheid
purpose to provide separate parliamentary representation for Coloured voters
relatedChamber House of Assembly (white chamber) NERFINISHED
House of Delegates (Indian chamber) NERFINISHED
subjectOf opposition by anti-apartheid movements
votingRightsLimitedTo Coloured persons classified under apartheid law

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South African general election, 1987 excludedChambersFromElection House of Representatives (Coloured chamber)