QwaQwa

QwaQwa

Infobox Former Country
native_name = QwaQwa
conventional_long_name =
common_name = QwaQwa
continent = Africa
region = Southern Africa
country = South Africa
status = Bantustan
empire =
event_start = Self-government
year_start = 1974
date_start = November 1
event_end = Re-integrated into South Africa
year_end = 1994
date_end = April 27
event_post =
date_post =
p1 = Republic of South Africa
flag_p1 = Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
s1 = Republic of South Africa
flag_s1 = Flag of South Africa.svg









image_map_caption = Location of QwaQwa within South Africa
capital = Phuthaditjhaba
title_leader = Chief Minister
leader1 = Kenneth Mopeli
national_anthem =
common_languages = Basotho
religion =
currency = South African Rand

QwaQwa was a Bantustan, or homeland, in the eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of convert|655|km² in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Phuthaditjhaba. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.

"QwaQwa" means "whiter than white", from the Sesotho language, referring to the many sandstone hills of the Drakensberg mountains in which the area is situated. In Afrikaans it was known as "Witsieshoek", after the name of a farm. [http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/za-qq.html Flags of the world] Discussion of name and history. Retrieved 10 April 2006.]

Two clans lived in the region, the Bakoena and the Batlokoa. In 1969, according to Franc M.A. Van Diest at, they were united and the area was named KwaKwa. In the same year, Van Diest said, the name was changed to QwaQwa to avoid an ethnic identification.

On November 1, 1974 QwaQwa was granted "self government". On April 27, 1994 it was reunited with South Africa, together with the nine other homelands. The Chief Minister of QwaQwa throughout its period of self government was Kenneth Mopeli. It is now part of the Free State province.

See also

* Chief Ministers of QwaQwa

References


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