The first 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' comes into existence when the Transkei Regional Authority is instituted
… 'Bantustans' or 'homelands' came into existence when the Minister of Bantu Administration and Development, De Wet Nel, … and five other ministers, controlled the portfolios of finance, justice, the interior, agriculture and forestry, … 'homeland' 'countries', regardless of where they had been born or where they now lived. The devastating forced removal …