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White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'

White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'

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22 Aug 2019
White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'

Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given long-standing contracts in the 'homelands' to speed up economic development. This effectively further disadvantages the many already disenfranchised Blacks who had their South African citizenship cancelled, by actively encouraging economic exploitation of them, based on their race and their need for work while restricted to a labour pool 'homeland'.

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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148912

South African History Online (2019) 'White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148912 (Accessed: 28 August 2026).

South African History Online, White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands' [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148912, (accessed 28 August 2026).

"White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148912. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "White entrepreneurs to be given contracts in the 'homelands'." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0148912.

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