The Transvaal (so called because it was situated beyond the Vaal river, as
seen from the Cape of Good Hope) is in the northeast of South Africa, bordering
on Swaziland, Zimbabwe and
Botswana and included the bantustans of
Gazankulu,
Venda,
Lebowa, KwaNdebele
(in its central northern part), KaNgwane (to the
north of the Swazi border) and the eastern enclaves of
Bophuthatswana. It has been reorganized into the new provinces of Northern
Province,
Gauteng, Mpumalanga
and
North-West (eastern half) in 1994.
Antonio Martins, 30 May 1999
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