COLOUR BAR
MINISTER -OBJECTS
SOUTH AFRICAN BILL
(Received April 7, 10 a.m.)
CAPE TOWN, April 6.
The closing of the sitting of the joint Parliamentary session on the Native Representation Bill was marked by an unusual incident, although the necessary two-thirds majority is assured.
The Minister of the Interior, Mr. J. H. Hofmeyr, bluntly announced his intention to vote against the Bill, because, as far as the Assembly was concerned, it created a colour bar. The definition of "native" would degrade an ever-increasing number of coloured people. The creation of a native voters' roll was contrary to the spirit of the Act of Union. He forecast that the Bill would make educated natives who were denied political equality leaders in disaffection and revolt among their own people. European sympathisers, led by the Rt. Hon Sir James Rose-Innes and Archbishop Phelps, have issued a manifesto protesting against the. organisation of the electorate on racial lines. ■ ••
Mr. Hofmeyr's opposition to the Bill is bound to lead to serious repercussions.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 83, 7 April 1936, Page 11
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