KwaNdebele

KwaNdebele
1981–1994
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Coat of arms
Location of KwaNdebele (red) within South Africa (yellow).
StatusBantustan
CapitalKwaMhlanga
Common languagesSouthern Ndebele
Northern Ndebele
Sepedi
History 
 Self-government
1 April 1981
 Re-integrated into South Africa
27 April 1994
Area
19801,970 km2 (760 sq mi)
Population
 1980
156,380
 1991
404,246
CurrencySouth African rand
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa
Ndebele
PersoniNdebele
PeopleAmaNdebele
LanguageIsiNdebele
CountryKwaNdebele

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.