The Western Cape Provincial Powers Bill has created widespread speculation about the DA government’s real intention behind it. The ANC accused the DA of planning an apartheid “home- land” mainly for white people. Parties like the Gatvol Capetonians, the Cape Coloured Congress, CapeXit and Freedom Front Plus propagate various shades of provincial independence or autonomy.
In November 1997, the Constitutional Court certified the Western Cape provincial constitution as being in tandem with the national constitution. It came into effect in January 1998.
