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Title:The KwaNdebele struggle against independence
Author:Ritchken, E.
Year:1990
Periodical:South African Review - SARS
Issue:5
Pages:426-445
Language:English
Geographic terms:South Africa
KwaNdebele
Subjects:bantustans
independence
Abstract:Between May and August 1986, KwaNdebele, South Africa, was wrecked by a sustained and bitter struggle against independence, which was further complicated and brutalized by the actions of a vigilante group, the Mbokotho. Unlikely alliances were established both among those who supported and those who opposed independence. Students, youth, migrants, women, bureaucrats, teachers, peasants and some chiefs formed the anti-independence bloc, which found its leadership in the Ndzundza royal family. The proindependence bloc was formed by a grouping of shop owners, taxi drivers, tribal authority councillors, squatters, the Manala royal family and certain chiefs, and was led by senior cabinet ministers in the KwaNdebele legislative assembly. This article analyses these alliances and shows that independence took on various meanings for different groupings. Ref.
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