Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 | |
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Act to provide for citizenship of certain Bantu homelands and for the issue of certificates of citizenship to Bantu persons; in connection therewith to amend certain laws; and to provide for incidental matters. | |
Citation | Act No. 26 of 1970 |
Enacted by | Parliament of South Africa |
Date assented to | 3 March 1970 |
Date commenced | 26 March 1970 |
Date repealed | 27 April 1994 |
Administered by | Minister of Bantu Administration and Development |
Repealing legislation | |
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 | |
Status: Repealed |
The Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act, 1970 (Act No. 26 of 1970; subsequently renamed the Black States Citizenship Act, 1970 and the National States Citizenship Act, 1970) was a Self Determination or denaturalization law passed during the apartheid era of South Africa that allocated various tribes/nations of black South Africans as citizens of their traditional black tribal "homelands," or Bantustans.
The act was repealed on 27 April 1994 by the Interim Constitution of South Africa.