![]() Each homeland also acquired its own development authority and the Bantu Investment Corporation became a changed entity with new functions called the Central Development Corporation. The homelands began to be called self-governing entities, and Africans were to be referred to as Africans, not Bantu. Botha as Minister of Bantu Administration and Development he altered the name of his department to Plural Relations and Development. Other changes in nomenclature affecting the homelands were also made in 1978. Moreover, in 1978 Transkei broke off diplomatic relations with South Africa and ended a mutual defence pact when South Africa refused to transfer East Griqualand from the Cape Province to Transkei. The Republic of Transkei and Bophuthatswana have gained no international recognition of their changed pretensions. ![]() KwaZulu has held an election in which Chief Gatsha Buthelezi's leadership was resoundingly confirmed. The Venda homeland has requested a similar status in 1979. Since this book was originally completed both Transkei and Bophuthatswana have become independent in their own eyes and in the eyes of South Africa. Rotberg, and John Adams The Black Homelands of South Africa: The Political and Economic Development of Bophuthtswana and Kwa-Zulu. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1977. Preferred Citation: Butler, Jeffrey, Robert I.
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