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Alright, so, for those unaware, during the Apartheid era in South Africa their were several Bantustan's (homogeneous native 'homelands') established,
of which four were essentially granted independence and in many areas were both de jure and de facto independent (Transkei at one point even
broke relations with South Africa itself).
Only South Africa and the other Bantustan's recognized their independence, though Botswana had an unofficial arrangement with Bophuthatswana.

Now, with the fall of the Apartheid regime the Bantustan's were all merged back into South Africa proper, being split or merged into the new provinces.

So, what if one or two of them, with popular support, refused to re-join South Africa?
How would South Africa and the world react to the situation where what amount to independent countries are refusing to be integrated into South Africa?
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