What Previously Disadvantaged Mean?

DEFINITIONS1. used for referring to people who were discriminated against under apartheid. There has been a great drive to teach previously disadvantaged people their rights. Synonyms and related words. People from a low social class.

What is previously disadvantaged?

(South Africa, euphemistic) Belonging or relating to the previously disenfranchised population groups in South Africa, i.e. blacks, coloureds, and Indians.

What Does previously disadvantaged individual mean?

Previously Disadvantaged Individuals or “PDIs” means those persons who are members of categories of persons previously disadvantaged by unfair discrimination as recognised in terms of section 9(2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, No.