impact of Homelands Flashcards
verwoerd’s vision
for a white SA included setting up homelands or Bantustans
Verwoerd and Malan
he wanted an idealist apartheid rather than the practical approach of Malan
land
13% of SA set aside for Bantustans
between 1960-83
3.5 million people were relocated under the Grou Areas Act
as well as physically removing people
they passed new laws which doubled the number of Africans forced to leave cities between 1962 and 1967
land for Bantustans
was deemed not good enough for Whites
african wages
were kept low to benefit the white run industry
failure
homelands were the biggest and most expensive failure of the apartheid policies
work
blacks couldn’t find enough world in the bantustans so had to head into white urban areas to work in mines and industries
life in Bantustans
tough for poor workers as there was lots of disease, malnutrition and poverty
between 1960 and 80
over 1 million blacks were removed from white farms as the use of machines started putting them out of their jobS
QwaQwa
78% of its inhabitants lived in “white” SA
independence
Bantustans were supposed to be independent but the government still controlled their policies
bantustan governments
they could make a narrow range of decisions, however, the SA government could veto any law
Cheif Buthelezi
rejected the independence of Kwazulu as he opposed government policies
