Bantu Authorities Act

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The Bantu Authorities Act was a cornerstone apartheid law in South Africa that entrenched racial segregation by creating separate tribal authorities and laying the groundwork for the Bantustan system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf South African statute ⓘ
apartheid law ⓘ
actNumber 68 of 1951 ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Native Affairs ⓘ
aimedAtPopulation Bantu-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples

Black Africans ⓘ
associatedWithPolitician Hendrik Verwoerd ⓘ
consequence fragmentation of African land into homelands ⓘ
strengthening control of traditional leaders aligned with the apartheid state ⓘ
undermining African political representation in common institutions ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
created regional authorities ⓘ
territorial authorities ⓘ
tribal authorities ⓘ
dateEnacted 1951 ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
ideology racial segregation ⓘ
white supremacy ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
legalDomain public law ⓘ
legalFoundationFor creation of Bantustans ⓘ
indirect rule over African populations ⓘ
legislature Parliament of South Africa ⓘ
longTitle An Act to provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define their functions, and to provide for matters incidental thereto ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ
South African Communist Party ⓘ
policyInstrumentFor Bantustan system ⓘ
homeland policy ⓘ
separate development ⓘ
politicalSystemContext apartheid ⓘ
purpose to entrench racial segregation in governance structures ⓘ
to establish separate tribal authorities for Black Africans ⓘ
to lay the groundwork for the Bantustan system ⓘ
region Union of South Africa ⓘ
relatedLaw Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act ⓘ
Group Areas Act ⓘ
Population Registration Act ⓘ
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act ⓘ
repealContext end of apartheid ⓘ
replaced Native Affairs Act structures in some areas ⓘ
shortTitle Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
status repealed ⓘ
subjectMatter ethnic administration ⓘ
local government ⓘ
territorial segregation ⓘ
yearEnacted 1951 ⓘ

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Defiance Campaign → hasCause → Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
Bantu Authorities Act → shortTitle → Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
Bantu Authorities Act → relatedLaw → Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act ⓘ
linked to: Bantu Authorities Act
Transkei → associatedWithLaw → Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
Ministry of Native Affairs → usedLegalFramework → Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
Bantustan system → legalBasis → Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 ⓘ
linked to: Bantu Authorities Act
Transkei → createdUnder → Bantu Authorities Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Transkei, South Africa
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act → relatedTo → Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 ⓘ
linked to: Bantu Authorities Act