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That odd poster is writing about the (rather abortive) Bantustan effort after 1970. While that effort aimed to separate whites and blacks, it didn’t particularl
by OfSanguineFire 3y ago
That odd poster is writing about the (rather abortive) Bantustan effort after 1970. While that effort aimed to separate whites and blacks, it didn’t particularly seek to separate blacks from each other in spite of a claimed titular nationality for each; the projected bantustans were quite tribally mixed. So, it isn’t an example of what you were claiming.
- _djo_ 3y agoThat's inaccurate, the Bantustans were explicitly created on tribal lines: Transkei & Ciskei: Xhosa Bophuthatswana: Tswana (it's even in the name!) Venda: Venda (ditto) Kwazulu: Zulu (seeing the trend here?) The Apartheid government was heavily involved in pitting tribes against each other, and especially in trying to co-opt Zulus against the others by allying with the Inkhata Freedom Party and Zulu king and offering them money, power, and other incentives.