This was very interesting to read, @cryptoandcoffee. Something I did not know, is that apparently "coloured" and "black" are/were considered two different things? What's that all about?
Racism is such a widely-disparaged thing these days that it seems so ridiculous to think that this sort of state-sanctioned discrimination happened, yet it's important that we all continue to remind ourselves that it did. Especially as the younger generations have no memory of a world like this at all. They're the ones most in danger of allowing this to happen again.
Also, on a lighter note, I was reminded of this sketch:
I will get to the colored/black thing as it is a big difference. The coloreds are a race on their own from mixed race marriages. They are not classified as either and are colored. They probably suffered the most as they didn't fit into any plan. I will get to this on how the government has set out an employment agenda where you have to give candidates with certain skin colors first. The list has 10 variations of what employees are meant to stick to. There was a case of discrimination against a black girl who applied to the government controlled national airline and failed. The reason was her skin was too light and she wasn't black enough.