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oct 9, 1953 - Reservation of Separate Amenities Act 1953

Description:

-segregation of all public facilities
-e.g. transport, lifts, benches, public toilets, parks, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, schools, universities
-facilities didn't need to be equal
-part of "petty apartheid"; regulated everyday life, to limit contact between different races

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oct 9, 1953
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~ 72 years ago