Pass laws required nonwhites in South Africa to carry documents authorizing their presence in restricted areas. Pass laws were in existence during the colonial era in Southern Africa and in the early decades of South Africa’s history before being used as a main instrument of apartheid in the mid-20th century. They were repealed in 1986.
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