Special Report Transcript Episode 31, Section 2, Time 01:41

In 1986 a bloody civil war erupted in KwaNdebele and neighbouring Moutse. To make the small poor homeland of KwaNdebele viable for independence the South African government planned to incorporate two non Ndebele regions. One of them was predominantly Pedi speaking Moutse. But the people of Moutse resisted both incorporation and independence. The fighting that ensued left over a 150 dead, even more injured and almost all businesses in the region destroyed. // The forces against independence were an unusual mix: the Pedi speaking people of Moutse allied with the UDF comrades and the KwaNdebele Royal Family. It was here, at the Royal Kraal that mass meetings were held to mobilize the people.

Notes: Report by Jann Turner and Anneliese Burgess; Map: KwaNdebele, adjacent Moutse regions; Ndebele Royal Family Office