Tribal authority definition
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While the government envisioned the Bantu Authorities Act as a program that would be implemented first in each chieftaincy, Zulu leaders in Nongoma presented a vision of ▇▇▇▇▇▇—self-rule—implemented at the level of the “Zulu nation.” By 1957, however, Bhekuzulu backtracked and agreed to the initial creation of the Usuthu Tribal Authority based on the idea that he would eventually hold authority within the future Zulu Territorial Authority.
Vosloo shortly thereafter wrote to Chief Native Commissioner Liefeldt that the propaganda value of the installation of the Usuthu Tribal Authority could be significant.50 This cooperation paid off for Cyprian Bhekuzulu, yielding immediate improvements in his position.
From the perspective of the DNA, Zulu self-government could exist only if Bhekuzulu first cooperated with the government on soil reclamation and formed an Usuthu Tribal Authority.
By accepting the creation of the Usuthu Tribal Authority, Bhekuzulu sought to consolidate the centrality of the royal house in the apartheid political order.
The formal installation of the Usuthu Tribal Authority was held in Nongoma on December 4th, 1957.