| | The cornerstone of the South African policy of grand apartheid is the territorial fragmentation of the territory and the creation of ostensibly independent black states (variously termed Reserves, Bantustans, homelands, and nation states). The local, regional and international acceptance of these units as viable territorial regions has been of utmost concern to the apartheid regime. The state had sought to legitimise them in various ways, but fundamental has been the argument that they are agriculturally viable, productive regions. |
