Bantustan system

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The Bantustan system was a network of nominally self-governing, ethnically defined territories used by apartheid-era South Africa to segregate Black Africans and deny them full citizenship rights.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bantustan system canonical 3
Bantustans 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf component of apartheid ⓘ
policy of racial segregation ⓘ
territorial segregation system ⓘ
abolishedIn 1994 ⓘ
appliedIn South West Africa ⓘ
characteristic denationalization of Black Africans ⓘ
economic dependence on South Africa ⓘ
ethnically defined territories ⓘ
fragmented, non-contiguous territories ⓘ
limited political autonomy ⓘ
nominal self-government ⓘ
condemnedAs tool of racial domination ⓘ
violation of human rights ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
createdTerritoriesFor Black African ethnic groups ⓘ
describedAs grand apartheid ⓘ
homelands policy ⓘ
endTime early 1990s ⓘ
ideology apartheid ⓘ
separate development ⓘ
implementedBy National Party government of South Africa ⓘ
includedTerritory Bophuthatswana ⓘ
Ciskei ⓘ
Gazankulu ⓘ
KaNgwane ⓘ
KwaNdebele ⓘ
KwaZulu ⓘ
linked to: KwaZulu homeland

Lebowa ⓘ
Ovamboland ⓘ
QwaQwa ⓘ
Transkei ⓘ
Venda ⓘ
internationalRecognitionOfHomelands none outside South Africa and its allies ⓘ
involvedPolicy forced removals ⓘ
influx control ⓘ
pass laws ⓘ
legacy spatial inequality in post-apartheid South Africa ⓘ
underdevelopment of former homelands ⓘ
legalBasis Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 ⓘ
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 ⓘ
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act, 1959 ⓘ
nominallyIndependentHomeland Bophuthatswana ⓘ
Ciskei ⓘ
Transkei ⓘ
Venda ⓘ
opposedBy African National Congress ⓘ
Pan Africanist Congress ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
purpose deny Black Africans full South African citizenship ⓘ
maintain white minority rule ⓘ
segregate Black Africans from white population ⓘ
repealedBy interim Constitution of South Africa, 1993 ⓘ
resultedIn concentration of poverty in homelands ⓘ
creation of nominally independent states ⓘ
labor migration to white-controlled areas ⓘ
loss of South African citizenship for many Black Africans ⓘ
political disenfranchisement of Black majority ⓘ
significantExpansion 1960s ⓘ
startTime late 1950s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bantu Authorities Act → policyInstrumentFor → Bantustan system ⓘ
Sabata Dalindyebo → opposed → Bantustan system ⓘ
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act → relatedTo → Bantustans ⓘ
linked to: Bantustan system
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act → created → Bantustans ⓘ
linked to: Bantustan system