Opportunistic politicians soon followed, to campaign for Black African voters.

As fast as the African voters mobilised, their numbers were diminished through discriminatory legislation.

Of the 29 members elected in 1962, 14 were district seats representing primarily African voters.

Luckie feels that the legislation could disenfranchise African American voters at the polls.

Through their efforts, the number of active black African voters reached its former level again by 1891, and continued to climb.

Only about 6 percent of South African voters support the party today, down from about 20 percent in 1994, the year that apartheid ended.

Election officials have acknowledged that they badly underestimated the number of potential South African voters.

The number of African American voters dropped dramatically, and they no longer were able to elect representatives.

With this act, African voters in the Cape were removed from the common rolls on which they had been registered since 1854.

He believes the bill disenfranchises African American voters.