Local government

South Africa's bantustans : from dumping grounds to battlefronts

Upphovsperson:	Egerö, Bertil
Utgivare:	Nordiska Afrikainstitutet | Uppsala : Nordiska Afrikainstitutet
År:	1991
Ämnesord:	South Africa, Southern Africa, Government policy, Local government, Homelands, Political science, Statsvetenskap

Within the South African State there are ten different bantustan "states", complete with administrations, military and police. Once the bantustans were described as "dumping grounds". In this paper the author shows that they are much more than that. They have turned into scenes of protest and resistance against apartheid. The bantustan leaders today are needed both by Pretoria and the ANC, and also try to defend their own interests. A post-apartheid government may need the bantustan state machinery as instruments of order and reform. This paper discusses the implications of this scenario.