KwaNdebele
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 Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
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| Capital | KwaMhlanga | |||||||||
| Languages | Southern Ndebele | |||||||||
| Political structure | Bantustan | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| • | Self-government | 1981 | ||||||||
| • | Re-integrated into South Africa | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 | 1,970 km² (761 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||
| • | 1980 est. | 156,380 | ||||||||
| Density | 79.4 /km² (205.6 /sq mi) | |||||||||
| • | 1991 est. | 404,246 | ||||||||
| Currency | South African rand | |||||||||
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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.
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 of the province and population at the 1991 census.
Coordinates: 25°25′55″S 28°42′29″E / 25.4320°S 28.7080°E
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