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KaNgwane

/ ˌkɑːəŋˈɡwɑːneɪ /

noun

  1. (formerly) a Bantu homeland in South Africa; abolished in 1994. Capital: Schoemansdal Former nameSwazi Territory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Leaders of South Africa's ten black "homeland" states are usually not outspoken critics of the Pretoria government, but Enos Mabuza, the Chief Minister of KaNgwane, declared that those who believe in peaceful negotiations "will now find that they have no room for any argument at all against those who support violence."

For several years, in keeping with South Africa's policy of apartheid, the government has tried to persuade the 7,000 black farmers of Driefontein to move to black "homelands" in the desolate Kangwane and Kwazulu regions.

Only three of the homelands, Ciskei, Qwaqwa and KaNgwane, are unitary territories; the rest are fragmented enclaves, surrounded by land reserved for whites.

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