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===Pre-apartheid era=== Coloured people played an important role in the struggle against apartheid and its predecessor policies. The [[African Political Organisation]], established in 1902, had an exclusively Coloured membership; its leader [[Abdullah Abdurahman]] rallied Coloured political efforts for many years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/abdurahman-a.htm|title=Dr Abdullah Abdurahman 1872 - 1940|publisher=South African History Online|access-date=2009-10-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121035811/http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/people/bios/abdurahman-a.htm|archive-date=2007-11-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> Many Coloured people later joined the [[African National Congress]] and the [[United Democratic Front (South Africa)|United Democratic Front]]. Whether in these organisations or others, many Coloured people were active in the fight against apartheid. The political rights of Coloured people varied by location and over time. In the 19th century they theoretically had similar rights to Whites in the [[Cape Colony]] (though income and property qualifications affected them disproportionately). In the [[Transvaal Republic]] or the [[Orange Free State]], they had few rights. Coloured members were elected to Cape Town's municipal authority (including, for many years, Abdurahman). The establishment of the [[Union of South Africa]] gave Coloured people the franchise, although by 1930 they were restricted to electing White representatives. They conducted frequent voting boycotts in protest. Such boycotts may have contributed to the victory of the [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] in 1948. It carried out an apartheid programme that stripped Coloured people of their remaining voting powers. The term "[[Kaffir (racial term)|kaffir]]" is a racial slur used to refer to Black African people in South Africa. While it is still used against black people, it is not as prevalent as it is against coloured people.<ref>Adhikari, Mohamed, editor. Burdened by Race: Coloured Identities in Southern Africa. UCT Press, 2013, pp. 69, 124, 203 {{ISBN|978-1-92051-660-4}} https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/id/c0a95c41-a983-49fc-ac1f-7720d607340d/628130.pdf.</ref><ref>Mathabane, M. (1986). Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa. Simon & Schuster. (Chapter 2)</ref>
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