white chamber of the Tricameral Parliament
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The white chamber of the Tricameral Parliament was the whites-only legislative house in apartheid-era South Africa’s tricameral parliamentary system, which reserved separate chambers for different racial groups.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | parliamentary chamber ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | apartheid racial segregation policy ⓘ |
| characterizedAs | institutionalized racial privilege ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
House of Delegates of the Tricameral Parliament
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Representatives of the Tricameral Parliament NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| discriminatoryNature | excluded non‑white citizens from representation in this chamber ⓘ |
| electorate | white South African voters ⓘ |
| function |
debate government policy
ⓘ
pass legislation ⓘ represent white electorate ⓘ |
| governanceLevel | national legislature ⓘ |
| hasPart | white members of parliament ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | symbol of white minority rule in South Africa ⓘ |
| legalFoundation | apartheid‑era constitutional reforms ⓘ |
| legislativePeriod | apartheid era ⓘ |
| numberOfChambersInSystem | 3 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti‑apartheid movements ⓘ |
| partOf |
Tricameral Parliament of South Africa
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
tricameral parliamentary system ⓘ |
| politicalContext | apartheid ⓘ |
| racialGroupRepresented | white population ⓘ |
| racialRestriction | whites only ⓘ |
| reasonForAbolition | end of apartheid and transition to non‑racial democracy ⓘ |
| roleInSystem | dominant chamber representing white minority ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| systemType | racially segregated legislature ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| votingRightsBasis | race ⓘ |
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