Urban Bantu Authorities Act Flashcards
What was the black local authorities act an attempt to do
Give more power to local councillors in the townships
Which act was amended
Urban Bantu Councils Act
What did the Black local authorities act do
It created local govenment structures hat would be elected by the residents of black townships. This was in improvement on the old one which gave the community councils very little power. It gave the residents limited form of local autonomy.
What did the residents have to contribute
A budget for the area which would would be met by levies and rents.
Even though the black local authorities act gave black people more power, what did it not give them
Access to the parliament
What happened as a soon as the act became effective in august
It was resisted for not promoting the political rights for black people. There were boycotts and strikes which often ended in violent clashes between people that supported the act and the people that didn’t. There were also violent clashes between the security forces and the protesters. Some people did in the protests and it was difficult to keep law and order.
How was the black local authorities act typical
It was more inclusive, but didn’t satisfy the aspirations of the black people. It was criticised by white right-wing (conservative party) for giving too much power to the blacks.
What does tricameral mean
Having three chambers
What was the Bothe governments most elaborate attempt to reform the apartheid system
The planned reconstruction of the parliamentary system
Who came up with the tricameral system
Bothe and Heunis
How did the system give more power to Indians and coloured
It gave them their own chambers instead of one. The senate was abolished and was replaced by a multiracial state presidents council.
What did the tricameral system give mor empower to
The office of the state president. The president became an executive state president and acquired the combined powers of the previous state president and prime minister.
How would the president be elected
He would elected for a period of 7 years by an electoral college consisting 50 white members, 25 coloured members, 13 Indian members. This system was likely to keep the state resident in power for many years.
How did the tricameral system system work
It split the parliament 3 parts:
White House of Assembly
Coloured House of Representatives
Indian house of Delegates
The votes were justified by the rough population ration of whites to coloureds to Indians
Houses met separately to debate ‘own affairs’ matters, but met as a group to discuss ‘general affairs. White had a built in majority which was secured in the upper house which had the same system as the lower house.
White
House of assembly: 178 members
Coloured
House of Representatives: 85 members
Indian
House of delegates:45 members
What was the rough population ration of white to coloured to Indian
4:2:1
What did the ruling party in the white have the right to do
Nominate most of the white members of the president’s council
What was the main criticism of the tricameral parliament
Africans were still not represented. It continued to be handled through the homeland system. It was also criticised for being based in the apartheid race classification system.
How was the tricameral system voted for
A referendum was held. People who were for it voted yes, and conservatives and reactionaries voted no.
Why did the white liberals have the biggest problem in the referendum
Because they were neither for nor against it. Some decided to boycott the vote
Was the vote in favour of the tricameral parliament
Yes, 66%
How could people see that the Indians and coloureds didn’t support the tricameral system
Majority of coloured and Indian people boycotted the elections.
