KwaNdebele

Ndebele
PersoniNdebele
PeopleAmaNdebele
LanguageIsiNdebele
CountryKwaNdebele
KwaNdebele
1981–1994
Flag of KwaNdebele
Flag
Coat of arms of KwaNdebele
Coat of arms
Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
StatusBantustan
CapitalKwaMhlanga
Common languagesisiNdebele (Southern Ndebele)
Northern Ndebele(siNdrebele)
Sepedi
History 
• Self-government
1 April 1981
• Re-integrated into South Africa
27 April 1994
Area
1980[1]1,970 km2 (760 sq mi)
Population
• 1980[1]
156,380
• 1991[2]
404,246
CurrencySouth African rand
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa

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]

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference RSAdist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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.