Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970
Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 | |
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Parliament of South Africa | |
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Citation | Act No. 26 of 1970 |
Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
Assented to | 3 March 1970 |
Commenced | 26 March 1970 |
Repealed | 27 April 1994 |
Administered by | Minister of Bantu Administration and Development |
Repealed by | |
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 | |
Status: Repealed |
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 (Act No. 26 of 1970; subsequently renamed the Black States Citizenship Act, 1970 and the National States Citizenship Act, 1970) was a Self Determination or denaturalization law passed during the apartheid era of South Africa that allocated various tribes/nations of black South Africans as citizens of their traditional black tribal "homelands," or Bantustans.
The act was repealed on 27 April 1994 by the Interim Constitution of South Africa.
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See also[]
- Citizenship
- Bantustan
- Promotion of Bantu Self-Government Act
- History of South African Nationality
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