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Pass laws

The first internal passports in South Africa were introduced on 27 June 1797 by the Earl Macartney in an attempt to exclude all natives from the Cape Colony.


International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

On that day, in 1960, police opened fire and killed 69 people at a peaceful demonstration in Sharpeville, South Africa, against the apartheid pass laws.

Sophia Williams-De Bruyn

and Albertina Sisulu to protest the requirement that women carry pass books as part of the pass laws.


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Albertina Sisulu

On 9 August 1956, Sisulu joined Helen Joseph and Sophia Williams-De Bruyn in a march of 20,000 women to the Union Buildings of Pretoria in protest against the apartheid government's requirement that women carry passbooks as part of the pass laws.

Philippine Legislature

The two houses would share legislative powers, although the upper house alone would pass laws relating to the Moros and other non-Christian peoples.

Transitional Federal Parliament

The Transitional Federal Parliament elected the President and Prime Minister, and had the authority to propose and pass laws.