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Also known as Witsieshoek

Qwaqwa was a Bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Witsieshoek. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.

Key facts

Country.conventional_long_name
QwaQwa
Country.common_name
QwaQwa
Country.today
South Africa
Country.status
Bantustan
Country.p1
Republic of South Africa
Country.flag_p1
Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
Country.s1
Republic of South Africa
Country.flag_s1
Flag of South Africa.svg
Country.image_flag
Flag of QwaQwa.svg
Country.image_coat
Coat of arms of QwaQwa.svg
Country.image_map
QwaQwa in South Africa.svg
Country.image_map_caption
Location of QwaQwa (red) within South Africa (yellow).
Country.capital
Witsieshoek
Country.common_languages
SesothoEnglishAfrikaans
Country.title_leader
Chief Minister
Country.leader1
Kenneth Mopeli
Country.event_start
Self-government
Country.date_start
1 November

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Wikidata facts

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inception
1974-11-01
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1994-04-27
Commons category
QwaQwa
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Leaders of QwaQwa
  • Geography
  • See also
  • References

Qwaqwa was a Bantustan ("homeland") in the central eastern part of South Africa. It encompassed a very small region of in the east of the former South African province of Orange Free State, bordering Lesotho. Its capital was Witsieshoek. It was the designated homeland of more than 180,000 Sesotho-speaking Basotho people.

The frequent snow on the Maloti mountain peaks led the San to call the region "Qwaqwa" (whiter than white). In Afrikaans it was known as "Witsieshoek", after Oetse (also Witsie and Wetsi), a Makholokoe chief who lived there from 1839 to 1856.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “QwaQwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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