TRC Final Report

Volume 1

Chapter 13

Subsection 33

TRANSKEI

1960 Proclamation No 400 and Proclamation No 413: Emergency regulations contained in Proclamations 400 and 413 were issued under pre-union statutes (Dugard 1978: 110). Proclamation 400 was only repealed in 1977 by the Public Security Act No 30.

1964 Education Act No 2: Overrode South African apartheid schooling systems and provided for black schooling and subsidies. Commenced: 1 April 1965

1964 Transkei Authorities Act No 6: Set in place mechanisms for the recognition of the Transkei government. Commenced: 28 August 1964 Repealed by the Transkei Authorities Act No 4 of 1965

1965 Transkei Authorities Act No 4: Made further provisions for the recognition of local bodies. Commenced: 11 February 1966

1966 Transkeian Police Act No 5: Provided for a national policing service and the various powers vested in it. Commenced: 6 January 1967

1966 Transkeian Authorities Amendment Act No 7: Amended the list of authoritative bodies in the homeland. Commenced: 30 June 1966

1966 Education Act No 9: Enacted various schooling mechanisms. Commenced: 6 January 1967

1967 Labour Laws Amendment Act No 4: Amended South African labour laws for Transkei. Commenced: 1 September 1967

1972 Marriage Act No 4: Created a local marriage recognition regime, distinct from that of South Africa. Commenced: 19 April 1973

1973 Legal Aid Act No 2: Provided legal aid for blacks, which was absent in the South African setting. Commenced: 24 August 1973

1974 Prisons Act No 6: Set out prison services in Transkei. Commenced: 1 August 1975

1976 Bantu Administration Amendment Act No 2: This Act was similar to the 1927 Black Administration Act [SA], with a few amendments.

1976 Extension of the Application of Transkeian Laws Act No 6: Attempted to define areas of function for Transkeian laws. Commenced: 19 July 1976

1976 Republic of Transkei Constitution Act No 15: Created a Transkei Constitution. Commenced: 20 October 1976

1976 Population Registration Act No 24: Provided for census and citizenship rights in Transkei and for the compilation of a population register. Commenced: 4 March 1977

1976 Citizenship of Transkei Act No 26: Set out requirements for citizenship. Commenced: 4 March 1977

1976 26 October: Transkei becomes an independent homeland

1977 Labour Relations Act: Transkei’s equivalent of the Labour Relations Act [SA]. Commenced: 1 October 1977

1977 Labour Act No 14: Set out further requirements for labour in Transkei. Commenced: 1 October 1977

1977 Wage Act No 15: Provided for a minimum wage and wage regulation bodies. Commenced: 1 October 1977

1977 Intelligence Service and State Security Council Act No 16: Provided for a state security advisory board in which South Africa played a role. Commenced: 22 July 1977

1977 Publication Act No 18: Provided for state-sanctioned censorship. Commenced: 14 April 1978

1977 Newspaper and Imprint Registration Act No 19: Required newspapers to be registered and conform to a code of conduct. Commenced: 28 October 1977