Did this fool anyone?
It didn't fool many people who were Coloured or Indian. People understood immediately. Turnout rates for those elections were dismal, usually below 20%, and the candidates who ran tended to be exactly the sort of person who wants to hold a powerless position: the pompous, the naive, the corrupt.
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