population group, noun phrase

Forms:
Also with initial capitals.
Origin:
Translation of Afrikaans bevolkingsgroep.
During the apartheid era, the official term for an ‘ethnic group’.
c1967 State of S. Afr. Yrbk 1967 60There are now four main population groups in the Republic, each consisting of two or more sub-divisions.
1973 Govt Gaz. Vol.93 No.3814, 19Interested persons..may..submit memoranda to the Secretary of the Commission of Inquiry into Matters relating to the Coloured Population Group.
1980 D.B. Coplan Urbanization of African Performing Arts. p.xiTerms fall into several classes, the first including designations of sociocultural categories and ‘population groups,’ as they are termed in South Africa.
1989 E. Reid in Motorist 4th Quarter 19The park is open to people of all population groups.
1990 Sash Vol.33 No.1, 33There is no legal provision with respect to opening government schools to all ‘population groups’.
1994 [see HSRC].
During the apartheid era, the official term for an ‘ethnic group’.
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