10 Homelands In South Africa Map
The other six had limited self government.
10 homelands in south africa map. These were the transkei bophuthatswana ciskei venda gazankulu kangwane kwandebele kwazulu lebowa and qwaqwa. There were 10 such homelands 4 of which became independent. Bantustan capital tribe self government years nominal independence. Four were nominally independent the so called tbvc states of the transkei bophuthatswana venda and the ciskei.
Muriel horrell the african homelands of south africa johannesburg 1973 and the annual reports a survey of race relations in south africa johannesburg 1969 1975. Map of the black homelands in south africa at the end of apartheid in 1994. B kwazulu is to hold elections in late 1976 that may be preliminary to a grant of self government. These former south african homelands or bantustans ceased to exist 27 apr 1994 and were re incorporated into south africa and all were absorbed into the new provinces.
C swazi received its territorial authority the stage before the granting of. Agricultural resources 2006 u s. The bantustans were a major administrative device for the exclusion of blacks from the south african political system under the policy of apartheid or racial. Homelands bantustans and mineral deposits 1984 2007 matrix michigan state university this map shows the boundaries of the homelands along with mineral deposits other than gold and coal.
The rest of the country south africa. Ten self governing territories for different black ethnic groups were established as part of the policy of apartheid four of which were granted independence by south africa recognized only by south africa and each other. A ethnic composition refers to the ethnic group allocated to the homeland the de jure group not to the actual composition of the population. Sketch map of south africa showing british possessions july 1885 1885 scottish geographical society map showing british german and portuguese possessions in 1885.
In total ten homelands were created in south africa. Bantustan also known as bantu homeland south africa homeland or black state any of 10 former territories that were designated by the white dominated government of south africa as pseudo national homelands for the country s black african classified by the government as bantu population during the mid to late 20th century. The homelands were designed for specific ethnic groups. Once a homeland was granted its independence its designated citizens had their south african citizenship revoked to be replaced with citizenship of their homeland the bantu homelands citizenship act national states citizenship act no 26 of 1970 was repealed by the interim constitution of the republic of south africa act no 200 of 1993.
The homelands were created under apartheid as being the traditional tribal areas to which all members of the black population were allocated whether they had been born there or not and in which areas the black population would have rights such as voting etc which they were denied in white i e. Before south africa became a democracy in 1994 and established its new constitution in 1996 the country was divided into four provinces set aside for white people and 10 homelands small unsustainable states designated for black people. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps.