Ingwavuma causes rift between government and homeland
Homelands
Date: 25 June, 1982
The Durban Supreme Court cancelled the state's announcement of 18 June 1982 that it has repossessed the Ingwavuma region of KwaZulu, on the grounds that the government did not meet its legal obligation to consult fully with the KwaZulu authorities before making its announcement. State President P.W. Botha responded by issuing a new Proclamation, under a different law, once again placing Ingwavuma under government control. Mangosuthu Buthelezi had opposed the resolve to cede the Ingwavuma region in northern KwaZulu to the Swaziland government. The court decided in his favour on the ground that the government had not met its own Black Constitution Act of 1972, which required consultation with the people of Ingwavuma and also the KwaZulu Territorial Authority. Buthelezi also opposed the government's proposed constitutional reforms at the time.
Sources:
- Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
- Mangosuthu Buthelezi biography website: www.sahistory.org.za