Tricameral Parliament
1984–1994 legislature of South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Tricameral Parliament, officially the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, was the legislature of South Africa between 1984 and 1994, established by the South African Constitution of 1983, which gave a limited political voice to the country's Coloured and Indian population groups. The majority African population group was however still excluded, their interests notionally represented in the governments of the black homelands, or "bantustans", of which they were formally citizens. As the bantustans were largely politically impotent, its principal effect was to further entrench the political power of the White section of the South African population (or, more specifically, that of the ruling National Party, which in turn mainly drew its support from the Afrikaner community).
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa | |
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History | |
Established | 1984 |
Disbanded | 1994 |
Preceded by | Parliament of South Africa |
Succeeded by | Parliament of South Africa |
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First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 6 September 1989 |
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Houses of Parliament Cape Town Cape Province, South Africa |