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Institute urges government to repeal race laws or reinstate apartheid’s Population Registration Act

# The Institute of Race Relations urges Parliament to either adopt the No More Race Laws Bill or reenact the apartheid-era Population Registration Act. They have begun lobbying members of Parliament to pass the bill and launched a public petition in support. The institute’s Hermann Pretorius argues that despite the repeal of the act in 1991, race-based laws persist, creating legal uncertainty and discrimination. Pretorius states Parliament must decide if it wants to allow racial classification or commit to equality.