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Topic: Gazankulu


In the News (Thu 10 Dec 09)

  
  Gazankulu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The width of the Gazankulu flag shall be equal to two-thirds of its length.
It was amended in 1986 by means of the Gazankulu Flag Amendment Act which provided for penalties in respect of the defacement, damage, destruction of, or contempt for the flag of Gazankulu.
Gazankulu was a "self-governing" territory within South Africa and the Gazankulu flag was flown alongside the South African national flag until the homeland was re-incorporated into South Africa on 27 April 1994.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/za-gazan.html   (384 words)

  
 CONK! Encyclopedia: Gazankulu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Gazankulu was a bantustan in South Africa, intended by the apartheid government to be a semi-independent homeland for the Tsonga people.
It was carved out of the former Transvaal Province and given self-rule in 1971, with its capital at Giyani.
Gazankulu was re-integrated into South Africa in 1994 and now forms part of the Northern Province.
www.conk.com /search/encyclopedia.cgi?q=Gazankulu   (72 words)

  
 Gazankulu (South African homeland) # fahnenversand.de - Fahnen Flaggen Fahne Flagge Nationalflaggen Nationalflagge Shop ...
The name Shangaan is used of the Tsonga of the former Gazankulu because one of the kings who ruled the state (formed by Nguni-speaking exiles from the area later called Zululand) was Shoshangane.
Although the Gaza kingdom was ruled by abeNguni, it never adopted the isiNguni language, instead retaining its Tsonga tongue (which was nonetheless heavily influenced by isiNguni).
I believe the name Shangaan (or its Portuguese equivalent) is used on either side of the border - the spelling Machangana indicates a Portuguese origin, since the combination CH in Portuguese has the same sound as SH in English.
www.fahnenversand.de /fotw/flags/za-gz.html   (575 words)

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