KwaZulu

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KaNgwane

Bantustan

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1981 – 1994

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Flag

Flag of KwaZulu bantustan 1977-1985

Capital

Nongomatill 1980 then Ulundi

Language(s)

Zulu language

Political structure

Bantustan

History

- Self-government

1981

- Re-integrated into South Africa

April 27, 1994

Currency

South African Rand

KwaZulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Zulu people. The capital, formerly at Nongoma, was moved in 1980 to Ulundi.

It was led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi of the Zulu tribe and head of the Inkatha Freedom Party until its abolition in 1994. It was then merged with the surrounding South African province of Natal to form the new province of KwaZulu-Natal.

[edit] See also

Chief Ministers of KwaZulu

v • d • e Apartheid-era Bantustans in South Africa

Bophuthatswana · Ciskei · Gazankulu · KaNgwane · KwaNdebele · KwaZulu · Lebowa · QwaQwa · Transkei · Venda Nominally independent Bantustans are in italics