House of Delegates
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The House of Delegates was the chamber of South Africa’s apartheid-era tricameral parliament designated to represent the Indian population, operating from 1984 until the early 1990s.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| House of Delegates (South Africa) | 0 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | parliamentary chamber ⓘ |
| abolishedBy | interim Constitution of South Africa (1993) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| boycottedBy | many Indian community organizations ⓘ |
| constitutionalStatus | one of three racially defined houses ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| createdFor | Indian population in South Africa ⓘ |
| dissolutionReason | transition to non-racial democracy in South Africa ⓘ |
| electionFrequency | every 5 years ⓘ |
| endTime |
1994
ⓘ
early 1990s ⓘ |
| excludedFromPowersOver |
foreign policy
ⓘ
major economic policy ⓘ national security ⓘ |
| firstElectionDate | 1984 ⓘ |
| governedBy | State President of South Africa (apartheid era) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCounterpartChamber |
House of Assembly (South Africa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Representatives (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLimitedPowersOver | own racial group affairs ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late apartheid era ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Afrikaans
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| lastElectionDate | 1989 ⓘ |
| legalBasis | 1983 Constitution of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislativeBranchOf | Tricameral Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legislatureType | racially segregated chamber ⓘ |
| location | Cape Town NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meetsIn | Parliament of South Africa buildings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMembers | 45 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | anti-apartheid movements ⓘ |
| partOf | Tricameral Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalCharacterization |
instrument of apartheid reform strategy
ⓘ
token representation body ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | apartheid ⓘ |
| relatedEvent | 1983 South African constitutional referendum ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
House of Assembly (South Africa)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
House of Representatives (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ apartheid in South Africa ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Parliament of the Republic of South Africa (post-1994) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedGroupExcludedFrom |
Black African majority
ⓘ
House of Assembly (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ House of Representatives (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| represents | Indian population in South Africa ⓘ |
| startTime | 1984 ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | President’s Council (South Africa) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| votingSystem | first-past-the-post ⓘ |
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