8 juill. 1949 - Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act 1949

Description:

-marriages between "Europeans and non-Europeans" criminalised

-targeted miscegenation (preserve "purity" of white race)

-didn't (initially?) ban "Mixed Marriages" between non-whites

-led to arrests

-interracial marriages of South Africans occurring abroad no longer valid

-not aimed at separation of all races, only preserving "purity" of white race

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