The Zulu people are proud of their reputation as fighters, which is sadly confirmed by the history of their region. Historic Zululand, incorporated wholesale into the white-ruled province of Natal, regained a nominal identity in 1970 when the Zululand Territorial Authority began to function. The apartheid government, under its Bantu Authorities Act, intended to create a puppet Zulu 'homeland', with 48 major pieces of territory and more than 100 smaller so-called 'black spots' scattered amid white-owned towns, farms and sugar estates.
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