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The changing meanings of South Africa's internal boundaries
Author(s) -
Ramutsindela Maano F
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
area
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1475-4762
pISSN - 0004-0894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4762.1998.tb00074.x
Subject(s) - restructuring , space (punctuation) , political science , geography , economic geography , law , computer science , operating system
Summary The end of apartheid in South Africa not only occasioned the restructuring of society, but also necessitated the restructuring of territorial space(s). The analysis presented in this paper highlights how the South African map was infused with new meanings of space, by alterations to internal boundaries.