12 June 1970
The Zululand Territorial Authority (ZTA) became the 7th homeland to be inaugurated by the South African government. This saw the Zulu chiefs electing Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi as the first Chief Executive Officer or Chief Councillor of the new homeland. The Zululand Territorial Authority was used by the central government as a transitional authority towards partially self-governing status of KwaZulu.
References
Muller, C.F.J. (ed)(1981). Five Hundred years: a history of South Africa ; 3rd rev. ed., Pretoria: Academica, p 525.|Mangosuthu, Gatsha, Buthelezi., (1981), 'Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi Biography', from South African History Online, 27 August, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 10 June 2014]