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QwaQwa was a Bantustan, or homeland, in the eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of 655 kmē in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Phuthaditjhaba. It was the homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho speaking Basotho people.
QwaQwa means whiter than white in the San 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.
Originally two tribes lived in the region, the Bakoena and the Batlokoa. In 1969 they were united and the area was named KwaKwa. In the same year the name was changed to QwaQwa.
On November 1, 1974 QwaQwa was granted "self government". On April 27, 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an 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 MopeliTsiame Kenneth Mopeli was the former Chief Minister of the South African bantustan of QwaQwa. Born in Namahadi on September 20 1930, Mopeli gained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) at the University of South Africa in 1954 and worked as a teacher and radio announ.
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