Meaning of trekpass | Babel Free

Definitions

A letter authorizing or requiring a non-white person to leave a certain area; an order of eviction or banishment.

South-Africa, historical

Examples

“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.”

“This brought about untold suffering to those on whom the trekpass orders applied.”

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