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South Africa, 1948–94: From Apartheid State to ‘Rainbow Nation’

Strengthening ‘separate development’, 1961–68

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Overview

Recall questions on the homelands and why none was recognised, the economic boom and returning investment, and the contradiction at the heart of the policy.

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Key term

What were Bantustans?

Key term

How many homelands were created?

Who and when

Why did foreign investment return in the 1960s?

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  1. 1

    Who succeeded Verwoerd as Prime Minister in 1966?

    Model answer

    B.J. Vorster.

  2. 2

    What were Bantustans?

    Model answer

    Designated 'homelands' to which Black South Africans were assigned.

  3. 3

    What was separate development?

    Model answer

    The policy of assigning every African to an ethnic homeland where alone they would have political rights, so that they were foreigners in white South Africa.

  4. 4

    How many homelands were created?

    Model answer

    Ten, of which four, Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei, were declared independent, though no other country recognised them.

  5. 5

    Why did no state recognise the homelands?

    Model answer

    They were fragmented, economically unviable, contained a small fraction of the land for a majority of the people, and existed to strip South Africans of citizenship.

  6. 6

    How did the economy perform in the 1960s?

    Model answer

    Growth averaged around 6 per cent a year, one of the highest rates in the world, fuelled by foreign investment returning after the Sharpeville panic.

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