I-QwaQwa

I-QwaQwa yayiyIBantustan ("izwe lakubo") engxenyeni ephakathi nendawo esempumalanga INingizimu Afrika. Yayihlanganisa isifunda esincane kakhulu samakhilomitha- angu-655 (253 sq  empumalanga yesifundazwe saseNingizimu Afrika I-Orange Free State, emngceleni I-Lesotho. Inhloko-dolobha yayo kwakuyiWitsieshoek. Kwakuyizwe eliqokwe labantu baseBasotho abangaphezu kuka-180,000 abakhuluma isI-Basotho.

Ukukhithika okuvamile eziqongweni zezintaba zaseMaloti kwaholela iSan ekubizeni isifunda ngokuthi "iQwaQwa" (okumhlophe kunokumhlophe). Ngesi-Afrikaans yaziwa ngokuthi "i-Witsieshoek", ngemuva kuka-Oetse (futhi uWitsie noWetsi), inkosi yaseMakholokoe eyayihlala lapho kusukela ngonyaka ka-1839 kuya ku-1856.

Izizwe ezintathu zazihlala endawni, amaMakholokoe, amaBakoena namaBatlokoa. Ngoyaka ka-1969 [umthombo ongcono odingekayo] bahlanganiswa futhi le ndawo yabizwa ngokuthi "KwaKwa". Ngonyaka ofanayo, igama lashintshwa laba yi- "QwaQwa" ukuze kugwenywe ukuhlukaniswa kwesimilo. [ukukhishwa okudingekayo]  [<span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (February 2016)">clarification needed</span>]

 Umlando 
Ngo-1 November 1974, iQwaQwa yaphiwa ukuzibusa, no Tsiame UKenneth Mopeli njengoNgqongqoshe Oyinhloko. UMopeli wayezokhonza njengoNgqongqoshe Oyinhloko kukho konke ukuba khona kweQwaQwa.

Ngemuva kuka-27 April 1994, i-QwaQwa yahlakazwa, ngemuva kokhetho lokuqala lwentando yeningi yaseNingizimu Afrika, futhi yahlanganiswa ne-Orange Free State. Manje iyingxenye yesifundazwe saseFree State, kanti I-Witsieshoek isebenza njengesihlalo seMaluti a Phofung Local Municipality.

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