Qwaqwa

/ ˈkwɑːkwə /

noun

1. Former name (until 1972): Basotho-Ba-Borwa. Also called: Basotho-Qwaqwa. (formerly) a Bantu homeland in N South Africa; the only Bantu homeland without exclaves: abolished in 1994

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Musa’s death last month further enflamed the mood among residents of Mandela Park township on the edge of Qwaqwa in South Africa, turning intermittent protests over water shortages into a full-blown, week-long riot.

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Officials fear riots like the one seen at Qwaqwa could be a sign of worsening climate-linked instability to come, as dams and water pipes deteriorate further and the urban population continues to mushroom.

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“It rains here all the time but they say there’s drought. Then how did that little girl drown because that stream was full?” said Malgas “Skinny” John, 39, who used rocks and burning tyres during the January riot to barricade the road leading into Qwaqwa in a face-off with police.

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Katarzyna Nowak, a regular contributor to National Geographic, is a research associate in zoology at the University of the Free State, Qwaqwa, South Africa.

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Only three of the homelands, Ciskei, Qwaqwa and KaNgwane, are unitary territories; the rest are fragmented enclaves, surrounded by land reserved for whites.

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