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Title:The political and constitutional consequences of the constellation of states
Author:Devenish, G.E.
Year:1980
Periodical:South African Yearbook of International Law
Volume:6
Pages:93-109
Language:English
Geographic term:Southern Africa
Subject:blocs
Abstract:The concept of a constellation of states commenced as an ambitious and grandiose foreign policy initiative of South Africa. The minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. R.F. Botha, envisaged in March 1979 that between seven and ten states south of the Zambezi and Kunene Rivers comprising some forty million people would be involved in the constellation which was to consist of, inter alia, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Rhodesia, Namibia, Transkei and Bophuthatswana. The concept has, however, undergone a metamorphosis and has become associated primarily with South Africa's controversial domestic policy and internal constitutional reform. This article examines what the constellation of states could result to: The nature and consequences of economic cooperation within the constellation of states (ad hoc economic cooperation: systematic cooperation) - The security implications of the constellation - The political implications of the constellation (the nature of a confederation; the constellation of states: the relationship between sovereign independent states; the relationship between independent states, semi-independent states and the constellation; the relationship between urban Blacks and the constellation; nationality and citizenship) - Conclusion. Notes.
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