Bantu Authorities Act, 1951

Act to give authority to traditional tribal leaders in South Africa

Bantu Authorities Act, 1951

Parliament of South Africa

Long title

* Act to provide for the establishment of certain Bantu authorities and to define their functions, to abolish the Natives Representative Council, to amend the Native Affairs Act, 1920, and the Representation of Natives Act, 1936, and to provide for other incidental matters.

Citation| Act No. 68 of 1951
Enacted by| Parliament of South Africa
Royal assent| 27 June 1951
Commenced| 17 July 1951
Repealed| 31 December 2010
Administered by| Minister of Native Affairs
Repealed by
Black Authorities Act Repeal Act, 2010
Status: Repealed

The Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 (Act No. 68 of 1951; subsequently renamed the Black Authorities Act, 1951) was to give authority to Traditional Tribal Leader within their traditional tribal homelands in South Africa. It also gave the government extensive powers to proclaim these chiefs and councillors, despite the backlash it may receive. This legislation, succeeding the Native Affairs Act (Act No. 23 of 1920), created the legal basis for Self Determination of the various ethnic and linguistic tribes into traditional homeland reserve areas and established tribal, regional and territorial authorities. This Act was augmented by the Bantu Homelands Citizens Act of 1970.

The law established a basis for ethnic government in African homeland reserve areas. All political rights (including voting) held by Africans were restricted to the designated homeland.[1] It was opposed by Africans who rejected government-sponsored 'retribalization'. [2]

Many years after the end of apartheid, and with a new framework for traditional leadership present in South African governance, the act became obsolete. It was formally repealed in 2010, 59 years after it was enacted.

## See also

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* Apartheid in South Africa

## References

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1. ^ "The History of Apartheid in South Africa". www-cs-students.stanford.edu. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
2. ^ Dubow, Saul (2014). Apartheid 1948-1994. Oxford University Press. p. 64\. ISBN 978-0-19-955066-1.

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Apartheid legislation in South Africa

Precursors
(before 1948)|

* Hut tax (1884)
* Franchise and Ballot Act (1892)
* Glen Grey Act (1894)
* Natal Legislative Assembly Bill (1894)
* Transvaal Asiatic Registration Act (1906)
* South Africa Act (1909)
* Mines and Works Act (1911)
* Natives Land Act (1913)
* Natives (Urban Areas) Act (1923)
* Immorality Act (1927)
* Native Administration Act (1927)
* Representation of Natives Act (1936)
* Native Trust and Land Act (1936)
* Native (Urban Areas) Consolidation Act (1945)
* Asiatic Land Tenure Act (1946)

Malan to
Verwoerd
(1948–1966)|

* Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act (1949)
* Immorality Amendment Act (1950)
* Population Registration Act (1950)
* Group Areas Act (1950)
* Suppression of Communism Act (1950)
* Native Building Workers Act (1951)
* Separate Representation of Voters Act (1951)
* Prevention of Illegal Squatting Act (1951)
* Bantu Authorities Act (1951)
* Native Laws Amendment Act (1952)
* Pass Laws Act (1952)
* Public Safety Act (1953)
* Native Labour (Settlement of Disputes) Act (1953)
* Bantu Education Act (1953)
* Reservation of Separate Amenities Act (1953)
* Natives Resettlement Act (1954)
* Group Areas Development Act (1955)
* Riotous Assemblies Act (1956)
* Industrial Conciliation Act (1956)
* Natives (Prohibition of Interdicts) Act (1956)
* Immorality Act (1957)
* Bantu Investment Corporation Act (1959)
* Extension of University Education Act (1959)
* Promotion of Bantu Self-government Act (1959)
* Unlawful Organizations Act (1960)
* Indemnity Act (1961)
* Coloured Persons Communal Reserves Act (1961)
* Republic of South Africa Constitution Act (1961)
* Urban Bantu Councils Act (1961)
* General Law Amendment Act (1963)
* Coloured Persons Representative Council Act (1964)

Post-Verwoerd
(1966–1994)|

* Terrorism Act (1967)
* Separate Representation of Voters Amendment Act (1968)
* Prohibition of Political Interference Act (1968)
* Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (1970)
* Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (1971)
* Aliens Control Act (1973)
* Indemnity Act (1977)
* National Key Points Act (1980) - List of National Key Points
* Internal Security Act (1982)
* Intimidation Act (1982)
* Black Local Authorities Act (1982)
* Republic of South Africa Constitution Act (1983)

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