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Events on Thursday 22 June 1950 1
1950Population Registration Act enactedSouth Africa codifies racial classification under apartheidThe Population Registration Act required every South African to be officially classified by race, forming a legal cornerstone of the apartheid system. It underpinned subsequent segregation laws governing residence, marriage, and employment. The classifications it created shaped South African law until the early 1990s.