KwaNdebele

KwaNdebele
1981–1994
Flag Coat of arms
Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
Status	Bantustan
Capital	KwaMhlanga
Common languages	Southern Ndebele Northern Ndebele Sepedi
History
• Self-government	1 April 1981
• Re-integrated into South Africa	27 April 1994
Area
1980[1]	1,970 km^2 (760 sq mi)
Population
• 1980[1]	156,380
• 1991[2]	404,246
Currency	South African rand
Preceded by Succeeded by Republic of South Africa Republic of South Africa

Ndebele
Person	iNdebele
People	AmaNdebele
Language	IsiNdebele
Country	KwaNdebele

KwaNdebele was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Ndebele people. The homeland was created when the South African government purchased nineteen white-owned farms and installed a government.[3]

History

The homeland was granted self-rule in April 1981. Siyabuswa was designated as its capital, but in 1986, the capital was relocated to KwaMhlanga. The KwaNdebele legislature expressed interest in seeking independence (as in the cases of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei) in May 1982. Some preparations were made, but an exceptional lack of viability in economic affairs and land disputes prevented this.[4][5]

KwaNdebele was re-integrated into South Africa after the 1994 South African general election. It now forms part of the Mpumalanga province.

Districts in 1991

Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census.[2]

• Mdutjana: 125,485
• Mkobola: 212,771
• Mbibana: 65,989

See also

• Chief Ministers of KwaNdebele

Bibliography

• South Africa 1980/81 – Official Yearbook of the Republic of South Africa ISBN 0-908393-51-2, ISSN 0302-0681

References

1. Sally Frankental; Owen Sichone (2005). South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook. ABC-CLIO. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-57607-674-3.
2. "Census > 1991 > RSA > Variable Description > Person file > District code". Statistics South Africa - Nesstar WebView. Archived from the original on 19 June 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
3. Nielsen, Derrick (11 March 1996). ""Bringing together that which belongs together": The establishment of KwaNdebele and the incorporation of Moutse". hdl:10539/9359. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
4. William J. Pomeroy. Apartheid, Imperialism and African Freedom. New York: International Publishers. 1986. pp. 12-13.
5. Richard L. Abel. Politics by Other Means: Law in the Struggle Against Apartheid, 1980-1994. New York: Routledge. 1995. p. 438.

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