ALTHOUGH segregation had been part of the South African social and political landscape since European colonisers arrived in the 17th century, it was only in 1950, with the introduction of the Population Registration Act, that the state attempted to classify the entire population into fixed groups based on the false notion of race. Scientifically, there is [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2008
All human beings belong to the same race
Posted in History, Identity Tagged Cape Coloured, Cape Malay, colinisers, Griqua, Group Areas Act, Population Registration Act, race, segregation, voting 1 Comment
Skin colour and race
Skin colour and race are all too often assumed to be the same thing, according to Pennsylvania State University’s Mark Shriver. Giving the keynote address at yesterday’s opening session of the “Beyond Race” conference in Somerset West, Shriver said that such an assumption was simplistic and stereotypical. Skin colour and race “are really not the same [...]