The homelands were small states in the territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"... of South Africa. Ten in number, there was one for each Black nation in the country. They were created in 1951 in order to drive Blacks from the territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"... of South Africa. When a homeland gained its independence, its people lost their South African citizenship and became foreigners without rights in their own country. Blacks were forced to live in the homeland created for their ethnicity and did not have the right to leave as they wished. This complicated things because most of them worked for Whites in towns and farms in the country. Before 1970, the homelands were called Bantustans.
The homelands covered 13% of South Africa’s territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"..., but 75% of the populationPopulation comes from the Latin populus, meaning “the people.” We say population when we talk about a group... was Black.
AuthorAuthor - A person who writes something Auteur - Une personne qui écrit quelque chose: Marianne Giguère
