Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act
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The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act was a cornerstone apartheid law in South Africa that created ethnically defined “homelands” like Transkei to enforce racial segregation and deny Black South Africans national political rights.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament of South Africa
ⓘ
apartheid law ⓘ |
| actualEffect |
consolidation of apartheid
ⓘ
denial of national political rights to Black South Africans ⓘ reinforcement of territorial segregation ⓘ removal of Black representation in the South African Parliament ⓘ |
| aimedAt | Black South Africans ⓘ |
| country | South Africa ⓘ |
| created |
Bantu national units
ⓘ
Bantustans NERFINISHED ⓘ ethnically defined homelands ⓘ |
| criticizedBy |
anti-apartheid activists
ⓘ
international human rights organizations ⓘ |
| dateEnacted | 1959 ⓘ |
| exampleHomeland |
Bophuthatswana
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ciskei NERFINISHED ⓘ Transkei NERFINISHED ⓘ Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| humanRightsImpact |
disenfranchisement of Black majority
ⓘ
violation of political self-determination ⓘ |
| ideology | white supremacy ⓘ |
| introducedConcept | Bantu self-governing national units ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Union of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| justificationUsed | self-government for Bantu national units ⓘ |
| legalCategoryUsed | Bantu ⓘ |
| legalConsequence |
assignment of Black South Africans to homelands
ⓘ
classification of Black South Africans into ethnic national units ⓘ |
| legislativeBody | Parliament of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | South African apartheid legal framework ⓘ |
| policyInstrumentOf |
racial segregation
ⓘ
separate development ⓘ |
| politicalSystemContext | apartheid ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote the creation of separate Bantu national units
ⓘ
to reorganize Black African political representation into ethnic homelands ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Bantu Authorities Act, 1951
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 NERFINISHED ⓘ Group Areas Act NERFINISHED ⓘ Population Registration Act, 1950 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| repealedInContextOf | dismantling of apartheid in the early 1990s ⓘ |
| replacedRepresentationSystem | limited Black representation in the Cape and Natal ⓘ |
| status | repealed ⓘ |
| targetedEthnicGroups |
Sotho
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Swazi NERFINISHED ⓘ Tsonga NERFINISHED ⓘ Tswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Venda NERFINISHED ⓘ Xhosa NERFINISHED ⓘ Zulu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| yearEnacted | 1959 ⓘ |
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