The Natives Representation Act (1936) drastically weakened the political
rights of Cape Province Africans, removing those who were qualified to
vote from the ordinary voters' rolls and giving them instead the right to
elect three 'white:people to represent them in the House of Assembly, the
dominant house of Parliament. It also gave Africans in all four provinces
the right to elect indirectly a total of four white senators, and created a
Natives Representative Council with advisory powers.s! The white mem-
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