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237:"on the ground of his thorough acquaintance, by reason of his official experience or otherwise, with the reasonable wants and wishes of the non-European population in the province of the Cape of Good Hope", but this seat continued to be left vacant (as it had been since 1962). The
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explicitly prohibited to fill the vacancy and finally abolished this seat with effect from 1970.
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185:Percentage
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