The idea behind Hlanganani was to unite both the Tsonga and Venda speakers who were separated by the Apartheid ideology in 1948 and was used as a resistance against Apartheid rule.
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Hlanganani is an amalgamation of large various villages which is situated in the north western portion of the former Tsonga homeland of Gazankulu, South Africa.
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Before the introduction of Apartheid in 1948, both the Tsonga and the Venda people lived together peacefully, that peace was disturbed when Apartheid was introduced by the Nationalist Party after 1948, apartheid ideology meant that both the Venda and Tsonga speakers had to be permanently separated from each other.
The Swiss Missionaries did mission work amongst the Tsonga people in the Hlanganani district of the former Gazankulu homeland.