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Map of South Africa showing the locations and boundaries of Bantustan territories during apartheid, with each Bantustan-such as Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa, Qwaqwa, Transkei, and Venda-highlighted in different colors. The map also marks historical province boundaries and major cities.
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Map of South Africa showing the locations and boundaries of Bantustan territories during apartheid, with each Bantustan-such as Bophuthatswana, Ciskei, Gazankulu, KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Lebowa, Qwaqwa, Transkei, and Venda-highlighted in different colors. The map also marks historical province boundaries and major cities.
A map of the territories known as Bantustans (also known as Black homelands or Black states) established in South Africa during the apartheid era

KwaZulu

former state, South Africa
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KwaZulu, former nonindependent Bantustan, Natal, South Africa, that was the legal home of all of the nationā€™s Zulus. Its area was scattered among 11 exclaves (detached sections) throughout Natal, occupying more than one-third of its territory. The capital, initially at Nongoma, was moved in 1980 to Ulundi, the last historic capital of the Zulu empire (founded in 1816 by Shaka), where the Zulu were defeated by the British in 1879 in the final battle of...

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