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Apartheid Era Laws: Bantu Homelands Constitution Act No 21 of 1971

By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com

Definition:

The Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (National States Constitutional Act) No 21 of 1971 (commenced 31 March) increased the potential governmental powers of the self-governing homelands, a further step towards the creation of independent Bantustans.

Repealed by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No 200 of 1993.

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