Zulu Industry

The KwaZulu-Natal province in South Africa was structurally set up to be an independent Zulu country only for it to be denied sovereignty on the eve of the 1994 national elections. The quest for the independence of "Natal" goes back further in recent history when British colonizers sought for independence from the Union of South Africa when South Africa became a republic through referendum & obtained complete independence from British rule in 1961. 

Greater Zululand (KwaZulu): The entirety of the Zulu-speaking region & regions historically under Zulu rule. 

Today, I just wanted to show you all the institutions the Buthelezian Zulu State (Bantustan) established perhaps to just inspire other nations & remind people of what could've been. 

Established by the KwaZulu Bantustan government: 

• Ithala Development Finance Corporation: Or simply Ithala Bank, was established to offer financial services to the rural & urban Zulu masses. This included savings, loans & insurance. Unfortunately, it is now defunct as a bank from 2025 because Ithala SOC Limited was allegedly said to have no banking license. 

Ithala became the last black-owned bank to become defunct in 2025.

• University of Zululand: UniZulu was founded as a way to offer tertiary education for the mostly rural Zulu youth of then Natal. It's a very modern university boasting a library, computer lab, student residences & various sporting facilities. 

• Ingonyama Trust: Ingonyama Trust was established in the twilight of Apartheid as a board which would manage matters of land tenure, land use & finances. The sole trustee of land administered by the Ingonyama Trust Board is the Zulu king. 

Personally established by Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi: 

• Mangosuthu University of Technology: Is a university founded in Umlazi Township in the year 1979. It focuses on mainly technical degrees such as construction, chemistry and electrical & mechanical engineering. 

M. U. T. : The Mangosuthu University of Technology.

• Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport in Ulundi: It's service area includes Ulundi, Melmoth & Nongoma. It accommodates aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 on its' main runway. It has hangar space, vehicle & aircraft parking, a fuel depot & radio navigational approach systems. It's used for regional charters & local connections, such as flights linking to Pietermaritzburg. 

Ulundi Airport also know as Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi Airport.

Other national institutions of the Zulu people include: 

• Ukhozi FM: A variety radio station, primarily in Zulu established in 1960. It is the largest radio station in South Africa & Africa by listenership. 

• AmaZulu FC: A Zulu football team initially created to represent the Zulu people in 1932 as a national team with the blessing of King Phumuz'uZulu kaDinizulu but evolved into a football club which;  

- won the South African League in 1972, 

- South African interleague cup in 1992, 

- won two second division titles in 2001 & 2003 then 

- participated in the CAF Champions League in 2022 after qualifying as South African league runners-up in 2021. 

• KZN TV: A variety satellite TV channel in the Zulu language which features traditional music, updates on the royalty & chiefs of the land as well as national news. 

• Newspapers Ilanga, Bayede & Isolezwe are sold weekly. 

I imagine if there were a Zulu state, these institutions would be central in the runnings of that state among other Zulu-made businesses & franchises.  

ZULU MEDIA 

Why a country is not always a nation...

I often hear people calling South Africa a nation & I cringe because while South Africa is under a single political structure, it is very diverse linguistically & genetically so most certainly is not a nation. A country is not exactly a nation, below are reasons why.

A NATION 

A nation is a settlement of homogeneous clans which originated as families. I assume as clans used to roam about, they would encounter ethnic territories or lands where they would settle among. The roving clans may intermarry within the larger nation & become part of it. Multiethnic "nations" or empires are typically a Eurasian ideal than an African one & came with increased population & improved modes of travel. What centralises a nation is usually feudal chiefs, a monarch, a faith/belief system or simply physical features of an individual (genetics) & language. A nation, by default, is a usually - at best - a country because it's land & thus it's borders are typically known by other regional clans & nations. A nation with no land typically become roving clans among other nations or are constantly in conflict with the imperial power that aims to annex their land. 

A COUNTRY 

A country is a state with centralised or consolidated authority. An empire made of many other nations & states can be an country. What centralises a country is politics or documents. A country's land (or borders) are commonly demarcated on a map. A country cannot exist without land it can defend or exist on. 

Example of how an empire can simultaneously be a nation.

In brief; a diverse country (linguistically or ethnically) is more commonly referred to as a "state", "country" or "empire" & a more ethnically homogeneous country is often called a "nation" 

(N. B.: A homogeneous empire is still a nation.) 

A nation is more a homogeneous people regardless of which political structure they are under & a country is more often a political structure governing a land. So while you can call the USA, South Africa, Belgium, Nigeria, DRC, Kenya, Australia & India "countries", they are not nations. 

This may or may not be associated with the above but here's something interesting to know: 

Country in Zulu is "izwe" & inhabitants of an izwe are "isizwe" (a nation). Nation & country having the same etymological origin in the language. Indicating that in the Zulu world a nation & country used to be one & the same thing. 

In Latin languages, peace & country seem to have a similar etymological origin indicating a country is a land where citizens can live in peace. The assumption then is if people can't live with each other in peace, it's not a country. 

National Unity

Overpopulation.

Seeing that the Earth's population is over 8 billion people, I went to ask A. I. what the limit for human population on Earth could be. The answer is 10 billion people, a population count that is estimated to be reached by 2050. The only solution is to limit women to having only one child birth from 2037 onwards until there are only 3 billion people on Earth. My research in the images below.

IN BRIEF: The Earth is estimated to be capable of sustaining a maximum of 8 billion to 10 billion people. The Earth's population has already reached 8 billion people and at current trends, the Earth's population is estimated to reach 9 billion people by 2037 giving us 11 years from now to act before overpopulation reaches a critical limit. At the calculated population growth, the point of no return will be 2050 where Earth's resources will become overexploited by overpopulation. 

CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY 

This blog entry on YouTube.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is a computer operating system created by billionaire & "first African in space" Mark Shuttleworth. 

Ubuntu simply means "humanity" in Nguni languages (compare with "ubulwane" meaning "animal-like cruelty") but it has been stolen & twisted to become a cult ideal embraced by celebrities & influencers as some sort of virgin African mentality. It's the belief that is verbatim stated as "I am because you are" by certain influencers. For me, this concept is just asking to be ridiculed. Personally, I would find it more sensible if ubuntu meant civilization because Africa had some precolonial civilizations as you may or may not know. Civilization in the dictionary is stated as; "An organized culture encompassing many communities, often on the scale of a nation or a people; a stage or system of social, political or technical development." By this, I think we could call the iron smelting, stone wall building, stone calendar making, gold & bronze artifact making Bantu agripastoralists - a civilization. The Bantu Civilization being called called Ubuntu would make more sense to me than the vague vitriol I've heard. 

"I am because you are" is virtually black Nazism & could lead to ethnic genocide. For the sake of all logical Africans, I think we should rebrand this word called "Ubuntu" because it will lead to othering disenfranchised people not indoctrinated into another person's idea of "ubuntu" as not being "abantu" (people/humans). We mustn't forget that these so-called ubuntu preachers can be ubulwane practitioners when no one can see. 

Ubuntu bethu: Our civilisation. 

The Bantu region, as by anthropologists, in Africa. 

Ubuntu should simply mean "humanity" or the Bantu Civilization. Nothing more.

The lost art of being a black conservative.

Most black people grew up around "conservative" black people. For many black people, their parents seemed conservative. The English dictionary definition of the word "conservative" states; "One who seeks to promote or preserve traditional values or institutions." Black conservatives are just black traditionalists. 

At some point in a black individual's life, they have been conservative about something & liberal about other things, this is why sticking to one political label is so complex, people seem stuck on leftism or rightism as labels when they are more a spectrum across various differing matters. One person may be conservative on immigration matters & at the same time liberal on economic matters, the vice versa is also true. 

Black conservatives are usually seen as uptight, privileged & often unreasonable when it comes to matters black people are faced with. Especially because being from a disenfranchised populace, being conservative comes off as siding with oppressors of an "un-black" system. This is why populism almost always wins against traditionalists in Africa, disenfranchised people want a man of action - they want someone in power that they can relate with. They want someone who looks familiar & seems like they walked the same streets in life as them & so, thinks like them. 

Conservatism, in it's nature comes with siding with old orders i. e. 'old models of power' & ultimately power attracts power therefore there are black conservatives who end up siding with colonial oppressors in some fields (as do black liberals). This is where other black conservatives draw the line & become nationalists/populists because while African conservatives are about order, they are about black indigenous/African order. Again, you can't really box people into left & right, populists can be conservative. And it will always be counterculture to be a conservative popular leader of a disenfranchised people because either, your people thrive unstereotypically for a black nation in Africa or you become an oppressive dictator. 

While African politics is filled with popular leaders who you often see riding through streets upon streets of cheering followers & unpopular "conservative" dictators who are often pictured as very troubled & grumpy when leading a displeased populace, I believe conservatism can still succeed in Africa. We have old orders which many laymen recognise & still respect which could hold the key to the emancipation of Africa in future. 

N. B.: Old doesn't always mean outdated, old can also mean established or tried & tested through the centuries. 

African liberalism vs African traditionalism. 

I feel while African politics is often filled with charismatic politicians - I believe sensible, progressive brother-figures have a place in African leadership & tradition can still save us despite secular liberalism being the order of the day in modern Africa. 

For more, see: Kwatuism & Repartition Africa.