ABSTRACT
The administrative machinery developed by the South African government between 1948 and 1991 to give effect to the apartheid policy was highly complex and expensive, involving the establishment of numerous overlapping jurisdictions and duplication of authorities. Some were inherited from the previous government, but the majority were new, and involved specifically with the implementation of the policy of apartheid. As a result, the bureaucracy expanded and by the early 1990s some 1.2 million civil servants were employed by the various administrations. Some understanding of the administrative pattern is therefore necessary in order to follow the process and account for the regional variations in the outcome of government policies.
