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Within the "old" South Africa, 10 homelands were created, four of which were
granted "independence" by South Africa (not recognised by any other country
in the world). These former South African Homelands/bantustans ceased to
exist on 27 April 1994. They have all (including the former so called independent
Homelands) been reincorporated into South Africa.
The flags of the former Homelands are no longer in use (either officially
or unofficially).
Bruce Berry - 25 April 1996
Three main territories, rather small, in eastern
Transvaal (today's
Mpumalanga) -- the southern two bordering Swaziland
(and one of them also Mozambique), and the other bordering parts of Lebowa
and Gazankulu.
Antonio Martins - 30 May 1999
The majority of its inhabitants were ethnic Swazis.
The name KaNgwane means the place of the Ngwane, a major tribe of the Swazis whose Chief had that name.
KaNgwane was granted internal self-government on 31 August 1984.
Unlike the other homelands in South Africa, KaNgwane did not adopt a distinctive flag of its own and flew the then national flag of South Africa.
The homeland was re-incorporated into South Africa on 27 April 1994 and is now part of Mpumalanga province.
Bruce Berry - 1 December 1998
see also Swaziland
Kangwane was created 1977 with the name of AmaSwazi, and its destination was to be transfered to Swaziland. Later this attemp failed after popular protest (1982) and was disolved.
The homeland was recreated and renamed Kangwane 1984.
I don't know the exact links of Kangwane with Swaziland (the king of Swaziland is the "Ngwane") but I assume that the proposal of union persist and the flag was not adopted because the natural one was the Swaziland flag.
Jaume Ollé - 2 December 1998