On this day: December 17

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South Africa Repeals Remaining Apartheid Laws, Marking Legal End to Racial Framework

A wide exterior view of South African Parliament buildings and adjacent public space in early 1990s style, with small groups of people and banners indicating political activity but no identifiable faces.

On 17 December 1991, the South African government repealed the last remaining apartheid-era statutes, dismantling the formal legal basis for racial segregation and signaling a crucial step toward inclusive constitutional reform.

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