Here are two related proposals I have in establishing a better democratic South Africa and a coalition of prosperity amongst Southern African communitis. .
First I would like to clarify what I am presenting. I am presenting to you a proposal or idea if you will about a new federal state comprising of South African communities and a confederal order similar to the European Union consisting of Southern African Dominions.
In Dark Green is the idealized dominion of territory to be established as the United States of South Africa. In medium green is the idealized extension of land to be organized as the Union of Southern Africa (A Southern African version of the European Union), a confederal association of common cultural communities for the purpose of mutual economic gain and a coalition of military forces to preserve and secure the lands of Southern Africa from the possible invasions from the North and so forth. In blue is what is commonly identified as a part of Southern Africa, but is actually Southeastern Africa or the Islands of Southeastern Africa. This could become a part of the Southern African Union as a seperate dominion. In Greyish Green, possible extension of the Southern African Union due to the Southern African Communities that may exist in Tanzania and D.R. Congo.
This is my proposal so far of the United States of Africa ought to look like from what is currently present in South Africa. That small blue in the state of Xhosaland is to demonstrate what a special autonomous community would look like. But it is just an example. There probably be many Xhosa and Zulu special communities in the state of Volkstaat.
The country would be a multi-level federal state with 10 states and 2 federal districts.
These states are arranged on languages and not the ethnics that exist in South Africa. From my own studies I have found that the most important, dynamic, and influential characteristic of an ethnic group and of a nation. If you can't speak the same language, then you certainly cannot function as a single nation. The reason for federalism and the success of federalism is to unite seperate nations under a single banner of hope, peace, prosperity, and order. So having each state with its own language is the best way to establish a nation that is already federal in structure.
The structure I will discuss follows my own political ideology, Draneism. Each state is divided into provinces to divide each state by the geographical differences or the sub-ethnic distinctions that make up each state. Take for instance the dialects of Northern Sesetho and Zulu. Each of those distinctive dialects or clans if you will would have its own province.
The provinces would then be divided into counties (Rural Areas) and muncipalities (urban Areas). These are both relative to the current status of districts in that country. The division of counties would depend on which region you would be at. But mainly they would divide into individual tribes (tribal rural areas), villages (non-tribal rural areas), or towns (semi-urban areas, which may be divided into neighborhoods). The municipalities are likely be just divided into city wards like those that exist in the city of Norfolk as the case may be for a decent size city or City Boroughs like those that exist in the city of New York as the case may be for a very large size city with a population over a million. Wards would be divided into single neighborhoods, the smallest unit of administration in an urban center, while Boroughs (which are city size wards) would be divided into communes and communes would be divided into single neighborhoods. Tribes, Villages, Towns, Wards, and Boroughs are different types of localities. Neighborhoods and Communes are different types of sub-localities with one consisting of sub-localities. Currently municipalities are used as a type of locality. That would change as the word, municipality would function as a means to differ urban areas from rural areas.
Some states due to their relatively small size might not consist of any provinces.
The use of divisible administration is viable for any largely populated area as the case maybe, the more people there are, the more administrative divisions there should be.
The distinctiveness of an adminstrative divisions determines the level of autonomy it should have. States should certainly have the highest and neighborhoods should have the lowest, but a neighborhood should still have some sort of autonomy, but most of its functions rely on the town or city it is a part of.
Due to the different African people that would live in say a state like Volkstaat that lets say make up the majority in a particular county or town, you would have that town or county set up as a special administrative and autonomous division in that state of Volkstaat that for those Zulus, Xhosas, Vendas, and ect that may live there. Afrikaans would be the administrative language that would still have to acquire for that state, english (probably and for now) would be the national language that would have to acquire for national acceptance into public universities across the entire nation (private universities like Oprah's may feature a native tongue instead as the administrative language of its campus). So basically everyone would know English and everyone in Volkstaat would know that Dutch language as everyone in each other state would have to acquire learning the language corresponding to its administration. The special autonomy for that community would serve community purposes and administration in that community. Special community organization would exist between the parent state and the communities to insure fair treatment of the citizens and such... Lets say the people of Xhosa in Volkstaat want to excersize their culture and lets say their culture has aspects that isn't quite appealing to everyone else in Volkstaat. Well this autonomy would permit that culture but only in that community and the ties with Xhosaland would insure it. Also I would like to point out that these special organizations would be regulated and administrated by the federal government, which will insure that no apartheidism takes place. Also if a town lets say in Volkstaat became largely Xhosa and lied exactly on the boarder between Xhosaland and Volkstaat, that town could become incorporated as a part of Xhosaland by a single democratic vote taken place in that town.
There will also be federal districts in this system. Two in particular, Capetown and Pretoria. These two districts would be administrated in English and consist of no special communities, but... all cultural aspects are free to be demonstrated regardless of where they are done as long as they don't go against any laws established by the federal government.
No need to worry about apartheidism under my system. Every national law would be written to guarantee absolute racial equality and a most true sense of democracy for every citizen. And ethnicity is based on language, not the white or black nonsense. So no need to worry about those crazy white people, they must follow the law too.