KaNgwane

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KaNgwane was the only homeland not to fly its own flag; instead, the then South African flag was used.
Location of KaNgwane in the northeast of South Africa

KaNgwane was a South African homeland intended for members of the Swazi people. KaNgwane means "Land of the Ngwane". Ngwane is a traditional name for the Swazi people. The capital was Louieville , which was formerly called Nyasamane.

geography

KaNgwane was in the east of what was then the Transvaal province . The larger area of ​​KaNgwanes with the capital Louieville lay along the northwest and northern borders of Swaziland . In the west, the area on the eastern edge of the Highveld was almost 2,000 meters above sea level, in the eastern Lowveld around 200 meters. Another area was north of it. It bordered the homelands Gazankulu and Lebowa to the north . The largest place in this area was Kanyamazane .

In 1992, 597,783 people were registered in KaNgwane. Not all of them lived in KaNgwane.

history

The area was founded in 1977 under the name Amaswazi . In 1978 a legislative assembly was called. Enos John Mabuza became Chief Councilor (German roughly: "Supreme Councilor"). 1981 KaNgwane received self-government rights, Mabuza became Chief Minister ("Supreme Minister"). The area was to be transferred to Swaziland in 1982, as South Africa hoped to use it as a buffer zone against rebels from Mozambique . However, the plan met with protests and was not pursued. After a transition period with the loss of the status as Homeland and NJ Badenhurst as Administrator ("Administrator") Mabuza Chief Executive Councilor (about: "Supreme Executive Councilor"). On August 31, 1984, KaNgwane regained limited self-government rights, and Mabuza was again Chief Minister . From 1991 to 1994 Mangisi Cephas Zitha held this office.

On April 27, 1994, KaNgwane, like the nine other homelands, was dissolved. Since then it has been part of the Mpumalanga Province .

After Mabuza's death in 1996 it became known that during his tenure he had had good contacts with representatives of the then banned African National Congress .

Demographics

Most of the population were Swazi . Of a total of 1,005,000 South African Swazi, 245,000 lived in the homeland in 1989. Other ethnic groups were Shangaan , Zulu and North Sotho .

economy

The residents lived primarily on the income of migrant workers in other parts of South Africa.

flag

KaNgwane was the only homeland that did not have its own flag. The flag of the former South African Union was hoisted . But KaNgwane had its own coat of arms.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Information on KaNgwane (English), accessed on March 9, 2010
  2. ↑ Enos Mabuza at sahistory.org.za (English), accessed on April 18, 2018
  3. ↑ KaNgwane in "Flags of the World" , accessed March 9, 2010