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Special Report Transcript Episode 16, Section 2, Time 13:03‘I’ve just announced in Parliament details of the granting of self-government to the Transkei. The Transkei is the first Bantu homeland which has approached the government of the republic to aid it by means of this great step on the road to independence for which in its final form it rightly feels it is not yet ready.’ // ‘It is indeed a historic hour that we are experiencing as within the hour the Republic of Transkei will be born. It is given to very few to be present at the birth of a new state.’ Notes: Verwoerd; Transkei leaders in Parliament; Nic Diederichs (Former State President) References select each tab to search for references TRC Final Report■ PART II: HOMELANDS Introduction: Self-governing territories and independent homelands The major pieces of legislation governing both the ‘independent homelands’ and the self-governing states were the National States Constitution Act 21 of 1971 and the National States Citizenship Act No ... The Namibian question 53 One of these factors related to the position of Namibia which, because of its contested status in international law, had become the Achilles heel of the South African government. Eventually, South Africa would have to surrender its control over the protectorate. Its ... |
