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20-708: Inyandza National Movement was a political party that ruled the KaNgwane homeland during Apartheid . It was founded in October 1978 by Enos Mabuza in the village of Lochiel . It affiliated with the African National Congress (ANC) and intensified calls for its unbanning as well as Nelson Mandela 's release from prison. In 1986, the leadership of the party went to meet the exiled ANC in Lusaka , Zambia to discuss issues of alliances and how best to fight

40-489: A condition, and request after request for self-governing status received no positive responses from Pretoria. Pretoria sought to punish KaNgwane for its refusal to co-operate with plans to make ‘homelands’ independent, and KaNgwane began to experience extreme under-funding. But the Inyandza National Movement had politicised the people. Weekly prayer meetings and rallies were organised. The leadership of

60-631: A controversial step at the time to become leader of the then fledgling Kangwane legislative assembly. That move led to his founding of the Inyandza Movement, which was to bring about political organisation and cohesion, which had been lacking in the area at the time. The Inyandza National Movement played a critical role in preventing attempts by the South African government to incorporate the KaNgwane homeland into Eswatini . He took

80-648: The Bantustan of KaNgwane of South Africa . Mabuza was a teacher by profession, and he loved English grammar, and he was known for being a perfectionist. He also contributed a lot in the development of the siSwati language in schools. In 1969 he was appointed headmaster at Khumbula secondary school in White River in the Eastern Transvaal . Three years later he was appointed an inspector, of schools, and five years later he left education for politics

100-695: The Nkomazi Region on 23 April 1976 by the then Deputy Minister of Bantu Affairs Development and Education, Dr F. Hartzenberg (who read the speech on behalf of the then Member of Parliament and Minister of Bantu Affairs , Mr M.C. Botha). It was established, Pretoria claimed, to cater for the interests of the Swazis within the borders of the Republic of South Africa. The first leader of the Swazi Territorial Authority administration

120-580: The apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Swazi people . It was called the "Swazi Territorial Authority" from 1976 to 1977. In September 1977 it was renamed KaNgwane and received a legislative assembly. After a temporary suspension of its homeland status during 1982, the legislative assembly was restored in December 1982. KaNgwane was granted nominal self-rule in August 1984. Its capital

140-662: The Apartheid government. From the period of the unbanning of the ANC in 1990 to the first democratic elections in 1994, the Inyandza National Congress got incorporated into the ANC. This article about a South African political party is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . KaNgwane KaNgwane ( Swazi: [kaˈŋɡwanɛ] ) was a bantustan in South Africa , intended by

160-470: The Inyandza National Movement intensified the call for the unbanning of the ANC and other political organisations. Pretoria's call for independence was rejected completely. The people were mobilised so that when Pretoria refused to grant self-governing status to KaNgwane, they stood up and defended their rights. They did not stand up because they believed in the ‘homelands’. They never desired to opt for independence but to fight until South Africa became free from

180-608: The South African apartheid government to court and won with the assistance of a young lawyer by the name of Mathews Phosa and this brought Mabuza national prominence. He made common cause with the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), as the territory of Ngwavuma in Northern Natal was also under threat of incorporation. His relationship with the IFP ended acrimoniously when Mabuza, in defiance of Mangosuthu Buthelezi , led

200-480: The failure of the transfer by temporarily suspending the autonomy of KaNgwane, then restoring it in December 1982 and granting it nominal self-rule in 1984. KaNgwane ceased to exist on 27 April 1994 when the Interim Constitution dissolved the homelands and created new provinces. Its territory became part of the province of Mpumalanga . The Swazi Territorial Authority was established at Tonga in

220-589: The farm Eerstehoek. The plans for the establishment of the Swazi ‘homeland’ continued, and in October 1977, the Swazi Territorial Authority elected Enos John Mabuza to become the Chief Executive Councillor of the ‘homeland’. The ‘homeland’ from there was named KaNgwane (a name, it should be added, that the authorities in Swaziland did not have a problem with). The Inyandza National Movement

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240-412: The masses of the people of KaNgwane in furtherance of the aims and objectives of the liberation movement: on the one hand, through its relationships with the ANC in exile; and, on the other, through its socio-economic development programme, through which it sought to uplift the standard of living of the ‘citizens’ of that ‘homeland’. After Dr Enos J. Mabuza assumed office of Chief Executive Councillor of

260-472: The shackles of apartheid. That is why the capital of KaNgwane in Louieville was just a temporary structure. There was no point in building massive and magnificent structures. After some time without responding at all to the intensified mobilisation, the government of South Africa found another way to force independence on KaNgwane: it announced the incorporation of KaNgwane territory and Ingwavuma region of

280-455: The then ‘homeland’ of KwaZulu into the Kingdom of Swaziland, the so-called land deal between the government of the Republic of South Africa and the Kingdom of Swaziland. Districts of the province and population at the 1991 census. Enos John Mabuza Enos John Nganani Mabuza (6 June 1939 – 13 December 1997) was a South African teacher, politician, and business executive. Mabuza

300-512: The ‘homeland’, negotiations to be granted the second phase of the ‘homeland’s’ development, i.e. self-governing status, began. The leadership of KaNgwane had already repeatedly indicated that the people of KaNgwane were against so-called independence. The apartheid government of South Africa was however reluctant to grant self-governing status to KaNgwane. They wanted to do so on condition that KaNgwane thereafter opt for Pretoria's offer of independence. The leadership of KaNgwane refused to accept such

320-649: Was Prince Johannes Mkolishi Dlamini , the Chief of the Embhuleni Royal Kraal in Badplaas . The establishment of the Authority was preceded by disruptive events. In 1975, the forced removals of the people from Kromkrans, Doringkop and elsewhere, in the so-called black spots in white areas, to settlements like Kromdraai (Ekulindeni) started. In 1976, the majority of the people from Kromkrans were settled on

340-512: Was at Louieville . It was the least populous of the ten homelands, with an estimated 183,000 inhabitants. Unlike the other homelands in South Africa, KaNgwane did not adopt a distinctive flag of its own but flew the national flag of South Africa . An attempt to transfer parts of the homeland, along with parts of the Zulu homeland KwaZulu , to the neighbouring country of Swaziland in 1982

360-627: Was born at the Sheba gold mine in Barberton on 6 June 1939. He attended school up to Standard eight and thereafter obtained a primary teacher's diploma in Vryheid, Natal . He then studied privately for his matric , and in 1978 received an honours degree in psychology through UNISA . Mabuza also served as chief executive councillor (23 June 1977 to 18 June 1982 and 9 December 1982 to 31 August 1984) and chief minister (31 August 1984 to 1 April 1991) of

380-480: Was never realized. This would have given land-locked Swaziland access to the sea. The deal was negotiated by the governments, but was met by popular opposition in the territory meant to be transferred. The homeland's territory had been claimed by King Sobhuza of Swaziland as part of the Swazi monarchs' traditional realm, and the South African government hoped to use the homeland as a buffer zone against guerrilla infiltration from Mozambique . South Africa responded to

400-478: Was the governing party of the then KaNgwane ‘homeland’ government. It was founded in October 1978 at Lochiel, a village with no more than a filling station a few kilometres from the Oshoek border post. It became a critical driving force of politics. It was through the Inyandza National Movement that KaNgwane contrasted with other ‘homelands’ and refused independence. Inyandza was formed instead to politicise and mobilise

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