South Africa

:This article is about the country called South Africa. For the region, see southern Africa.

Provinces

:Main article: Provinces of South Africa

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When apartheid ended in 1994, the South African government had to integrate the formerly independent and semi-independent Bantustans into the political structure of South Africa. To this end, it abolished the four former provinces of South Africa (Cape Province, Natal, Orange Free State, and Transvaal) and replaced them with nine fully integrated provinces. The new provinces are much smaller than the former provinces, which theoretically is in order to give local governments more resources to distribute over smaller areas. The new provinces are:

Related Topics:
1994 - Bantustan - Cape Province - Natal - Orange Free State - Transvaal

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• Eastern Cape (previously part of the Cape Province, as well as the Transkei and Ciskei bantustans)
• Free State (Orange Free State)
• Gauteng (Transvaal)
• KwaZulu-Natal (Natal)
• Mpumalanga (Transvaal)
• Limpopo (Transvaal and the Venda bantustan)
• Northern Cape (Cape Province)
• North West (Transvaal, Cape Province, and the Bophuthatswana bantustan)
• Western Cape (Cape Province)