Coloured Persons Representative Council

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The Coloured Persons Representative Council was a racially segregated legislative body in apartheid-era South Africa that provided limited self-governance to the Coloured population before being replaced by the tricameral parliament system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf apartheid-era institution
legislative body
appliesToDemographicGroup Coloured population of South Africa
chamberFor Coloured people NERFINISHED
constitutionalContext apartheid constitutional framework
country South Africa
discriminationEmbedded yes
establishedUnderPolicy separate development
function advisory role on matters affecting Coloured population
limited legislative authority in designated areas
governanceLevel subordinate to white-dominated central government
governanceModel ethnically compartmentalized governance
historicalEra 20th century
humanRightsContext instrument of racial discrimination
ideologicalPurpose to give appearance of political inclusion under apartheid
legalStatus statutory body
legislativePowerScope limited
politicalOppositionResponse boycotted by many anti-apartheid organizations
politicalRightsEffect excluded Coloured people from national Parliament
politicalSystemContext apartheid
powerLimitation subject to veto or override by central government
relatedConcept Bantustan policy
racial segregation in South Africa
replacedBy Tricameral Parliament NERFINISHED
representationLegitimacy widely criticized as tokenistic
representationType racially segregated representation
segregationBasis race
selfGovernanceType limited self-governance
successorSystem Tricameral Parliament’s House of Representatives NERFINISHED
votingRightsScope restricted

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House of Representatives of South Africa precededBy Coloured Persons Representative Council