Homeland/Bantu Authorities and Status Acts

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	legislation gazette
Producer	Government of South Africa
Coverage	1951-1986
Works using it	8

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	2
Influx control, pass laws and African urbanisation	2
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	2
Sanctions, disinvestment and the anti-apartheid movement	2
Agrarian transition to capitalism and the fate of the African peasantry	1
Coloured Labour Preference policy in the Western Cape	1
White electoral politics, delimitation and party systems	1
Homelands, separate development, decentralisation and removals	1
Industrialisation, protection and industrial structure	1
Long-run legacy and persistence of apartheid	1
Unemployment: causes, measurement and labour market institutions	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Botha (1996)	Black Authorities Act of 1951 and homeland/council legislation (Natives Representative Council 1936, Coloured Persons' Representative Council 1968, South African Indian Council 1964, Community Councils 1977, 1983 constitution)	1936-1983	Describes the legislative creation of party subsystems for the 'quasi-enfranchised'.
Carrillo et al. (2023b)	Homeland formalization dates and laws (Bantu Authorities Act 1951, Bantu Resettlement Act 1954; online Appendix Table A.1 of establishment dates)	1951-1970s (homeland establishment 1959 onward)	Staggered homeland establishment dates give the policy-induced variation in age at predicted move that identifies the effects.
Chaskalson and Duncan (1984)	Status of Transkei Act 100 of 1976, Status of Bophuthatswana Act 89 of 1977, Status of Venda Act 107 of 1979, Status of Ciskei Act 110 of 1981; National States Citizenship Act 26 of 1970; National States Constitution Act 21 of 1971	1970-1981	Establishes loss of South African citizenship and 'foreign black' status for citizens of independent homelands.
Horrell (1968)	Transkeian Official Gazette and Transkei Government statements/budget (Legislative Assembly, April 1967)	1967	Budget, electoral registration and Transkei administration details.
Horrell et al. (1972)	Government Notices, Proclamations and Acts of 1971 (e.g. Transkei Constitution Amendment Act, Bantu Homelands Constitution Act, Bantu Affairs Administration Act, Proclamations 118/87/156 etc., Government Notice 446, Notice R1791, Notice 216)	1971	Summarises the terms and creation of legislative assemblies, banning lists and stand prices.
Kaplinsky (1995)	1962 Regulation for the Administration and Control of Townships in Bantu Areas	1962-1980s	Cited as an example of legal restrictions that barred black-run enterprises and thereby stunted the informal sector.
Morris (1987)	Borders of Particular States Extension Amendment Bill (passed 16 September 1986) and September 1985 consolidation plans	1985-1986	Provides the legal-policy context for the incorporation of the farms into Bophuthatswana.
West (1982)	Admission of Persons to the Republic Regulation Act No. 59 of 1972; Status of Transkei Act 1976	1972, 1976	Statute used for summary deportation of 'Transkeians' without recourse to courts, central to the deportation argument.