The Bantu Authorities Act, 1951 (Act No. 68 of 1951; subsequently renamed the Black Authorities Act, 1951) was one of the pillars of apartheid in South Africa during the apartheid era. This legislation, succeeding the Native Affairs Act (Act No. 23 of 1920), created the legal basis for the deportation of blacks into designated homeland reserve areas and established tribal, regional and territorial authorities. This Act was augmented by the Bantu Homelands Citizens Act of 1970.
After the end of apartheid, with the introduction of democratic local government and a new framework for traditional leadership, the act became obsolete, and it was formally repealed in 2010.
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