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Lebowa

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Lebowa

Former Bantustan, northeastern Republic of South Africa. It was designated by the government of South Africa as the Bantustan for northern Sotho people, including the Pedi, Lovedu, and Kanga-Kone. It was granted self-government in 1972 and held its first election in 1973. In 1994, after the abolition of apartheid, it became part of the new Northern (now Limpopo) province.



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A study conducted in Lebowa by the Department of Health, Welfare and Pensions (Sinclair, Mphahlele, Duvenhage, Nichols, Whitehorn & Kustner, 1982:753) to determine the mode of transmission of cholera found that consumption of open river water was positively associated with an increased risk of contracting the disease, and that cholera outbreaks were associated with rainfall pattern and temperature.
The bulk of the newspaper reports discuss witch-burnings in the Northern Transvaal (Gauteng Province) and the former homelands of Venda and Lebowa.
The self-governing territories were KwaZulu, KaNgwane, Gazankulu, Lebowa, KwaNdebele, and Qwaqwa.
 
 
 
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