1959
Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act
The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act assigned African people to ethnically defined national units and advanced self-government for homelands.
established
legislation
The Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act assigned African people to ethnically defined national units and advanced self-government for homelands.
Significance
Codified grand apartheid's vision of separate African 'nations' outside common South African citizenship.
Why it matters
Codified grand apartheid's vision of separate African 'nations' outside common South African citizenship.