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image by Clay Moss, 07 Dec 2005
See also:KaNgwane comprised three blocks of
territory, rather small, in eastern
Transvaal
(today's
Mpumalanga), the southern two bordering
on Swaziland (and one of them also on Mozambique), and the other bordering
on parts of Lebowa and Gazankulu.
Antonio Martins, 30 May 1999
The majority of its inhabitants were 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, 01 Dec 1998
Kangwane was created 1977 with the name of AmaSwazi, and its destination
was to be transferred to Swaziland. Later this attempt failed after popular
protest (1982) and was dissolved. 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, 02 Dec 1998
scan by Bruce Berry, 07 July 2007
By Government Notice No. 2213, published in the South African Government Gazette (Number 7400 of 10 November 1978), it was notified that a coat of arms had been registered for the KaNgwane Legislative Assembly in terms of the South African Heraldry Act (Act No. 18 of 1962) with a Certificate of Registration No. 995 being issued on 06 April 1979.
The blazon of the coat of arms is described as:
Arms: Quarterly Or and Gules: first, three
primitive paddle-shaped coins palewise Azure: second, an ox’s head caboshed Or;
third, a demi-torch enflamed Or; fourth, three sorghum ears palewise Azure;
behind the shield saltirewise a stick in bend Gules and an assegai in bend
sinister Or.
Crest: Two lions combatant, langued Gules, armed
Argent supporting the feathered shaft of the shield proper.
Wreath: A headring Or and Gules.
Supporters: Two elephants proper.
Special Compartment: On a field Vert a rising sun Or.
Motto: SIYINYANDZA (We are a bundle of wood
tied together).
With the
re-incorporation of KaNgwane into South Africa on 27 April 1994, these arms are
no longer in use.
Bruce Berry, 07 July 2007