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2024-08-01 06:56:41 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 7A11B312C83356C2C57EF181A62F7778D6A644CB810E402BE2FF29A6472DC8CB
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To preserve the ethnic character of the state, Black South Africans were not considered citizens of SA by law under the Apartheid government, but of quasi-independent "homelands" (that were de facto controlled by SA), in a situation analogous to e.g West Bank Palestinians https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/black-homeland-citizenship-act-1970 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_African_citizenship https://www.hrw.org/report/2021/04/27/threshold-crossed/israeli-authorities-and-crimes-apartheid-and-persecution
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