In Bantu Authorities: Apartheid's System of Race and Ethnicity, Veronica Ehrenreich-Risner provides the first holistic study of the Bantu Authorities (BA) syste

Post-1994, South Africa's traditional leaders have fought for recognition, and positioned themselves as major players in the South African political landscape.

Why did African men leave their homes to work on the mines of the Witwatersrand? How did a woman searching for her husband make a life in the city? What happene

This is well-told story and an important historical record of the struggle for a democratic South Africa.

This book argues that the promulgation of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework and Communal Land Rights Acts runs the risk of compromising South