KwaZulu

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.

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It was led by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi 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.

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See Also: Chief Ministers of KwaZulu

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Bantustan: Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal "homelands" for black South Africans (and Namibians) during the apartheid era. The term "bantustan" was first used in the late 1940s and was coined from Bantu (meaning "people" in the Bantu languages) and -stan (meaning "land of" in the...

South Africa: :This article is about the country called South Africa. For the region, see southern Africa....

Zulu: :This article is about the African ethnic group. For other meanings, see Zulu (disambiguation)....