The Population Registration Act was repealed on June 17, 1991, officially ending legalized classification.
Post-Apartheid (1994–Present):
The first democratic census in 1996 adopted the "Black African" classification to distinguish the majority group from the broader "#Black" #category used in employment equity, which also #includes #Coloured, #Indian, and #Chinese citizens.
Based on available records regarding South African political history and efforts to #reform racial terminology, the individual who has specifically brought a petition to Parliament to remove racial classifications and insisted that people be referred to simply as "people" (or South Africans) rather than by racial tags like "Coloured" or "Black" is Glen Arnold Snyman.
Glen Arnold Snyman, on behalf of the organisation People Against Racial Classification (PARC).
In early 2022, Snyman petitioned the South African Parliament to remove the word "Coloured" and to reconsider the definitions of "Black" and "African" in official legislation such as the Employment Equity Act.
Snyman argues that continuing to use apartheid-era racial labels is racist and dehumanizing, insisting that #people should not be classified by these categories, and that all citizens should simply be acknowledged as "people" (or South Africans).
#Consciousness Context: While Steve Biko (who was never a Parliamentary PR member) pioneered the use of "Black" to encompass oppressed peoples, the specific, recent push to abolish all racial classification in favour of the term "people" is a separate campaign aimed at fully dismantling Apartheid
While other political figures and opposition members have argued over the definition of "Black" and "Coloured" in Parliament, Snyman is the petitioner specifically associated with the campaign to remove racial labeling in favor of referring to everyone as #people.
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