Some laws during this time were the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act of 1949, and the Population Registration Act of 1950 which made racial classification legal. ... Poverty rates among female African led households were 60% which is double that of male headed households. ...

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(NYT) The 2014 blackouts were the worst Eskom has seen since the blackouts of 2008, which were caused by the government's refusal to realize that the energy company could not keep up with South Africa's growing population and industry. ... It was said in 1998, that there would be major power outages in 2007 if capacity was not increased, due to the fact that after the African National Congress came to power in 1994, the population doubled (BBC). ...

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