KwaNdebele

KwaNdebele
Bantustan
← 1981–1994 →
Flag Coat of arms
Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
Capital		KwaMhlanga
Languages		Southern Ndebele
Political structure		Bantustan
History
-	Self-government	1981
-	Re-integrated into South Africa	27 April 1994
Area
-	1980[1]	1,970 km² (761 sq mi)
Population
-	1980[1] est.	156,380
Density		79.4 /km²  (205.6 /sq mi)
-	1991[2] est.	404,246
Currency		South African rand

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.

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 and some preparations were made, but an exceptional lack of viability in economic affairs along with land disputes prevented this from occurring.^[3][4]

KwaNdebele was re-integrated into South Africa after the first democratic election of 27 April 1994. 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

Apartheid-era Bantustans in South Africa and South-West Africa South Africa Bophuthatswana Ciskei Gazankulu KaNgwane KwaNdebele KwaZulu Lebowa QwaQwa Transkei Venda Nominally independent Bantustans are in italics South-West Africa Bushmanland Damaraland East Caprivi/Lozi Hereroland Kaokoland Kavangoland Namaland Ovamboland Rehoboth Tswanaland   Leaders and administrators Nominal independence Transkei President: Botha Sigcau 1976–78 Zwelibanzi Maneli Mabandla 1978–79 Kaiser Matanzima 1979–86 Tutor Nyangelizwe Vulindlela Ndamase 1986–94 Head of Government: Kaiser Matanzima 1976–79 George Matanzima 1979–87 Dumnisani Gladstone Gwadiso 1987 Stella Sigcau 1987 Bantu Holomisa 1987–94 Bophuthatswana President: Lucas Mangope 1977–94 Rocky Malebane-Metsing February 1988 Administrators: Tjaart Van der Walt, Job Mokgoro March–April 1994 Ciskei Head of State: Lennox Sebe 1981–90 (President) Oupa Gqozo 1994 (Chairman of the Military Committee and of the Council of State) Administrators: Pieter van Rensburg Goosen, Bongani Blessing Finca March–April 1994 Venda President: Patrick Mphephu 1978–88 Frank N. Ravele 1988–90 Head of State: Gabriel Ramushwana 1990–94 Tshamano G. Ramabulana January–April 1994 Self rule Gazankulu Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi 1973–93 Edward Mhinga 1993 Samuel Dickenson Nxumalo 1993–94 KaNgwane Enos John Mabuza 1981–91 N. J. Badenhorst 1982 (Administrator) Mangisi Cephas Zitha 1991–94 KwaNdebele Simon Skosana 1981–86 Klaas Mtshiweni 1986 George Majozi Mahlangu 1986–89 Jonas Masana Mabena 1989–90 James Mahlangu 1990–94 KwaZulu Mangosuthu Buthelezi 1977–94 Lebowa Mokgama Maurice Matlala 1972–73 Cedric Namedi Phatudi 1973–87 Z. T. Seleka 1987 Mogoboya Nelson Ramodike 1987–94 QwaQwa Wessel Motha 1974–75 Kenneth Mopeli   South-West Africa Basterland Bushmanland Damaraland East Caprivi (self rule 1976) Hereroland (self-rule 1970) Kaokoland Kavangoland (self-rule 1973) Namaland Ovamboland Tswanaland