IT IS a distant memory now, but there was a time when many traditional leaders were captured by the patronage of homeland regimes and became agents of the larger divisive apartheid effort.
This took a violent turn in the late 1980s and through the early 1990s, particularly in areas such as KwaZulu-Natal, where many people died simply for belonging to a different political party.
Role of chiefs in politics
This took a violent turn in the late 1980s and through the early 1990s, particularly in areas such as KwaZulu-Natal, where many people died simply for belonging to a different political party.
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