An examination of the finances of the Cape Midlands Administration Board, 1973-79

Humphries, Richard G

Title: An examination of the finances of the Cape Midlands Administration Board, 1973-79
Title: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 8
Creator: Humphries, Richard G
Subject: Cape Midlands Administration Board Cities and towns -- South Africa Local government -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape Finance, Public -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
Date Issued: 1982
Date: 1982
Type: Book
Type: Text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2161
Identifier: vital:20261
Identifier: ISBN 0868100935
Description: While the Bantu Affairs Administration Board Act was passed by Parliament in 1971, it was not until July 1973 that responsibility for the execution of state policy towards blacks resident in urban areas was removed from the Eastern Cape municipalities and vested in the newly created Cape Midlands Administration Board. The Board's boundaries were announced in December 1972 after the recommendations of the Bantu Affairs Administration Boards Implementation Advisory Committee and were to consist of the magisterial districts of Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, Kirkwood, Somerset East, Cradock, Bedford, Adelaide, Fort Beaufort, Stockenstrom, Victoria East, Albany, Bathurst, and Alexandria. The head office was based in Port Elizabeth. These boundaries remained unaltered until the amalgamation of the three administration boards in the greater Eastern Cape, Border and Karoo areas in 1979. Although the administration boards were to be primarily concerned with the administration of urban areas, they were also given responsibility for the administration of other aspects of policy towards blacks living in rural areas. Thus the Cape Midlands Administration Board estimated in 1973 that 327 601 persons were resident in the 20 urban areas within its jurisdiction while 163 312 blacks lived in the rural non-prescribed areas. This was a total of 490 913 persons.
Description: Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
Format: 23 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
Language: English
Relation: Development Studies Working Paper, no. 8
Rights: Rhodes University
Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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