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KwaNdebele was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Matabele 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 1981. Siyabuswa
Siyabuswa

Siyabuswa is a town in the countryside of the South African province of Mpumalanga . During the apartheid era, Siyabuswa was the Capital of the KwaNdebele Bantustan....
 was designated as its capital, but in 1986 the capital was relocated to KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga

KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele people tribe that settled there in the early 1700s....
.

KwaNdebele was re-integrated into South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 on 27 April 1994.






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KwaNdebele was a bantustan
Bantustan

A bantustan or euphemistically black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Africa , as part of the policy of South Africa under apartheid....
 in South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
, intended by the apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the Matabele 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 1981. Siyabuswa
Siyabuswa

Siyabuswa is a town in the countryside of the South African province of Mpumalanga . During the apartheid era, Siyabuswa was the Capital of the KwaNdebele Bantustan....
 was designated as its capital, but in 1986 the capital was relocated to KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga

KwaMhlanga is a town in Mpumalanga, South Africa and is the spiritual home of the Ndebele people tribe that settled there in the early 1700s....
.

KwaNdebele was re-integrated into South Africa
South Africa

The Republic of South Africa, also known by Official names of South Africa, is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa....
 on 27 April 1994. It now forms part of the Mpumalanga
Mpumalanga

Mpumalanga, , is a Provinces of South Africa South Africa. The name means east or literally "the place where the sun rises" in Nguni languages....
 province.

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