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Separating from South Africa...

The Cape Republic Adcvocacy Group keeps ranting & raving about separating from South Africa without actually separating from South Africa. They made this video explaining virtually in kid's terms why the Western Cape should secede. So to equal their feat, here are simple reasons there should be a sovereign Zulu state if one would come to be & why it would succeed:

Tribalism & being in an Anglo-Dutch project: Frequently, the Zulu race faces discrimination within South Africa & also, South Africa was not made by indigenous people so there's little reason indigenous people should feel ownership of it. So the Zulu separating from South Africa would lead to possibly less discrimination & a sense of ownership of their land among the Zulu community.
• A unified Zulu country with a single language. Compare this with multilingual South Africa where people frequently don't get what's going on because they don't understand English, Afrikaans or other languages used.
• A direction. There are established Zulu norms, customs & ancient practices to draw inspiration from & there's no reason to form an identity from scratch that may or may not resonate with the majority e. g. the coat of arms of South Africa has a KhoiSan phrase but few know what it means because nobody speaks KhoiSan outside the Western & Northern Cape. Very few speak KhoiSan in the Western & Northern Cape itself.
• When a country has a direction & single language, it's much easier to get things done. Even corruption is easier to root out when everyone is on the same frequency. This obviously translates to possible better governance than South Africa.

These are the four main reasons why an independent Zulu state should secede & could succeed. Looking at other ethnostate examples in Africa like Eswatini, Botswana, Benin, Rwanda & Lesotho... the success of such a state may seem limited but the size of the population of this proposed Zulu state may push it forward which would set it apart from other African ethnostates assuming no other disasters happen.

N. B. There is no urgent need for a sovereign Zulu state as the Zulu population is in no evident danger in South Africa as the majority ethnic group. 

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