Everything about Provinces Of South Africa totally explained
South Africa is currently divided into nine provinces. On the eve of the
1994 general election, South Africa's former homelands, also known as
Bantustans, were reintegrated and the four existing provinces were divided into nine. In December 2005 the 12th amendment of the
constitution changed the borders of seven of the provinces*. The provinces are as follows:
* On
18 August 2006 the
Constitutional Court ruled that the part of the 12 amendment dealing with the transfer of
Matatiele from
KwaZulu-Natal to the
Eastern Cape was unconstitutional due to insufficient consultation.
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¹: The
Prince Edward Islands are a South African territory in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean, for legal purposes considered to be part of the Western Cape.
²: Pietermaritzburg and
Ulundi shared being capital of KwaZulu-Natal during 1994–2004.
History
Since the establishing of the
Union of South Africa in 1910, South Africa had four provinces consisting of the divisions which existed prior to the
Second Boer War: two
British colonies (the
Cape Colony and
Natal Colony) and two
Boer republics (the
Orange Free State and
Transvaal Republic). Segregation of the
black population started as early as 1913, with ownership of land by the black majority being restricted to certain areas totaling about 13% of the country. From the late 1950s, these areas were gradually consolidated into "
homelands" or "
bantustans," which served as the
de jure national states of the black population during the
apartheid era. In 1976, the homeland of
Transkei was the first to accept
independence from South Africa, and although this independence was never acknowledged by any other country, three other homelands followed suit.
Provinces-era Union of South Africa to end of Apartheid
Independent Homelands
These Independent Homelands were known as the TBVC States.
Transkei (Mthatha). Declared independent in 1976.
Bophuthatswana (Mmabatho). Declared independent in 1977.
Venda (Thohoyandou). Declared independent in 1979
Ciskei (Bhisho). Declared independent in 1981.
Non-Independent Homelands
Gazankulu (Giyani)
KaNgwane (Louieville)
KwaNdebele (Siyabuswa)
KwaZulu (Ulundi)
Lebowa (Lebowakgomo)
Qwaqwa (Phuthaditjhaba)
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