House of Representatives

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The House of Representatives was the chamber of South Africa’s apartheid-era tricameral parliament designated to represent the Coloured population, operating from the mid-1980s until the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct legislature
legislative chamber
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of South Africa NERFINISHED
chamberNumberInParliament one of three chambers
coequalChamberWith House of Assembly (South Africa) NERFINISHED
House of Delegates (South Africa) NERFINISHED
country South Africa
dissolved 1994
electoralParticipation characterized by low voter turnout among Coloured electorate
electorate Coloured voters in South Africa NERFINISHED
endTime 1994
establishedBy Republic of South Africa Constitution Act 1983 NERFINISHED
hasJurisdictionOver own affairs of Coloured community as defined by apartheid law
hasLowerHouse no
hasNumberOfMembers 80
hasUpperHouse no
historicalPeriod late apartheid era
inception 1984
languageUsed Afrikaans
English
legislativeBodyFor Coloured population of South Africa
legislativePower limited legislative authority over so-called own affairs of Coloured population
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Cape Town NERFINISHED
meetsIn Parliament of South Africa buildings, Cape Town NERFINISHED
partOf Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED
apartheid political system
tricameral parliament of South Africa
tricameral system excluding Black African majority
politicalContext designed to co-opt Coloured minority into apartheid constitutional framework
reasonForAbolition introduction of non-racial democratic constitution in South Africa
replacedBy National Assembly of South Africa NERFINISHED
represents Coloured population
seat Cape Town NERFINISHED
startTime 1984
status abolished
subordinateTo State President of South Africa NERFINISHED
usedBuilding Houses of Parliament, Cape Town NERFINISHED
votingSystem first-past-the-post voting

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Tricameral Parliament of South Africa chamber House of Representatives