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The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, 1959 (Act No. 46 of 1959, commenced 19 June; subsequently renamed the Promotion of Black Self-government Act, 1959 and later the Representation between the Republic of South Africa and Self-governing Territories Act, 1959) was an important piece of South African apartheid legislation that allowed for the transformation of traditional tribal lands ...
A Bantustan (also known as a Bantu homeland, a black homeland, a black state or simply known as a homeland; Afrikaans: Bantoestan) was a territory that the National Party administration of South Africa set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia ), as a part of its policy of apartheid. [1]
This legislation, succeeding the Native Affairs Act (Act No. 23 of 1920), created the legal basis for Self Determination of the various ethnic and linguistic tribes into traditional homeland reserve areas and established tribal, regional and territorial authorities. This Act was augmented by the Bantu Homelands Citizens Act of 1970.
The Bantu Homelands Constitution Act, 1971 enabled the government of South Africa to grant independence to any "Homeland" as determined by the South African apartheid government. In accordance with this act, independence was eventually granted to Transkei in 1976, Bophuthatswana in 1977, Venda in 1979, and Ciskei in 1981. Map of the homelands ...
Thandathu Jongilizwe Mabandla. (Chief Executive Officer of the Ciskei Territorial Authority) Final holder. Oupa Gqozo. (Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State) Abolished. 22 March 1994; 30 years ago. ( 1994-03-22) Superseded by.
East Caprivi or Itenge was a bantustan and later a non-geographic ethnic-based second-tier authority, the Representative Authority of the Caprivis in South West Africa (present-day Namibia ), intended by the apartheid government to be a self-governing homeland for the Masubiya people.
The government's goal was to be self-sufficient, which it sought to achieve through import substitution. At first, the plan worked and the economy grew steadily. However, in the mid-1970s, the economy started to decline drastically. During the period between 1975 and 1990 Zambia's economy dropped by approximately 30%.
Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa [1] (born 25 July 1955 [1] [2]) is a South African Member of Parliament [1] and President of the United Democratic Movement. [2] Holomisa was born in Mqanduli, Cape Province. [1] He joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976 [1] and had become a brigadier by 1985.