Meanings
nountrekpass (plural trekpasses)
plural trekpasses · alternative trek pass
- South AfricahistoricalA letter authorizing or requiring a non-white person to leave a certain area; an order of eviction or banishment.
This brought about untold suffering to those on whom the trekpass orders applied.
2015, Chris Jafta, Constitutional Court of South Africa Case CCT 231/141 more example
His resistance of the eviction attempts is said to have lasted from about 1952 when he was first served with a trekpass, to 1964 when he finally vacated.
2002, Bakone Justice Moloto, Land Claims Court of South Africa case LCC 3/00https://web.archive.org/web/20200703080215/https://www.justice.gov.za/lcc/jdgm/2002/3-00.pdf
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