Gazankulu
Apartheid-era Tsonga bantustan in South Africa (c. 1973–1994) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Gaza Empire.
Gazankulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Tsonga people. It was located in both the Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo province and Eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga province.
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Gazankulu | |||||||||
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1973–1994 | |||||||||
Motto: "Mintirho ya Vulavula" (Tsonga: Deeds count) | |||||||||
Anthem: Hosi Katekisa Afrika | |||||||||
Status | Bantustan | ||||||||
Capital | Giyani | ||||||||
Common languages | Tsonga English Afrikaans | ||||||||
Chief Minister | |||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Self-government | 1 February 1973 | ||||||||
• Re-integrated into South Africa | 27 April 1994 | ||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1980[1] | 7,730 km2 (2,980 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1980[1] | 514,220 | ||||||||
• 1991[2] | 954,771 | ||||||||
Currency | South African rand | ||||||||
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