Siyabuswa is a township in
South Africa
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in the province of
Mpumalanga
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(a region formerly called Eastern Transvaal). During the
Apartheid
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era
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* Calendar era
Education
* Academy of European Law (German: '), an international law school
* ERA School, in Melbourne, Australia
* E ...
, Siyabuswa was the
capital
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Econom ...
of the
KwaNdebele
KwaNdebele was a Bantustan in South Africa, intended by the Apartheid in South Africa, apartheid government as a semi-independent homeland for the South Ndebele people, Ndebele people. The homeland was created when the South African government ...
Bantustan
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. It served as a capital from 1981 to 1986 when
KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in the Nkangala district municipality of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century.
KwaMhlanga is 73 km or an hour's drive from t ...
replaced it. Most of its
inhabitants
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(population in 2011: 36,882) are members of the
Ndebele
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*Southern Ndebele people, located in South Africa
*Northern Ndebele people, located in Zimbabwe
* Sumayela Ndebele (Northern Transvaal Ndebele), located in South Africa
Languages
*Southern Ndebele language, the language of ...
ethnic group
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. Currently, Siyabuswa is home to several ethnic groups, namely the
Ndebele
Ndebele may refer to:
*Southern Ndebele people, located in South Africa
*Northern Ndebele people, located in Zimbabwe
* Sumayela Ndebele (Northern Transvaal Ndebele), located in South Africa
Languages
*Southern Ndebele language, the language of ...
,
Pedi and
Sotho people
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The ancestors of the Sotho peo ...
.
Transport
The town is about 20 kilometers southwest of the
Marble Hall
Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.
Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National R ...
airport
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. The
R573 regional route (also known as the Moloto road) that links
Pretoria
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Pretoria strad ...
and
KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in the Nkangala district municipality of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century.
KwaMhlanga is 73 km or an hour's drive from t ...
with
Marble Hall
Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.
Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National R ...
passes through Siyabuswa.
See also
*
KwaMhlanga
KwaMhlanga is a town in the Nkangala district municipality of the Mpumalanga province in South Africa. It is the spiritual home of the Ndebele tribe that settled here in the early 18th century.
KwaMhlanga is 73 km or an hour's drive from t ...
* Moloto, falling under Gauteng.
*
Marble Hall
Marble Hall is a town in the south of the Limpopo province of South Africa. It was formerly in Mpumalanga province.
Marble Hall is a village 26 km north-west of Groblersdal and 96 km south-south-east of Mokopane on the N11 National R ...
*
Vaalbank
References
Populated places in the Dr JS Moroka Local Municipality
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