Africa news / International relations
Thursday, 16 November 1989
President F.W de Klerk announced that South African beaches would be opened to all people across the racial lines. The decision to open the beaches was made after a number of protest multiracial swim-ins by anti-apartheid activists.
He further promised the scrapping of the Separate Amenities Act of 1953, which prevented the sharing of public facilities such as toilets, parks and buses. This meant that in future all South Africans, irrespective of race, would use the same amenities.
Source: SAHistory.org
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