1.   Political violence and crime have increased in recent weeks in KwaZulu-Natal province, which includes Durban and the traditional Zulu homeland.

2.   Back then, the ANC-linked United Democratic Front was challenging Inkatha for control of the township in the traditional Zulu homeland.

3.   But Inkatha, which fears losing power to the ANC in its stronghold of the traditional Zulu homeland, has said it will abide by the new constitution.

4.   Buthelezi demands autonomy for post-apartheid KwaZulu-Natal Province, which includes the old Zulu homeland.

5.   Clashes with the ANC erupted over supremacy in traditional Zulu homeland and spread to black townships around Johannesburg, where Zulu migrant workers became party warriors against township residents.

6.   Early returns Thursday showed voters were turning to independent candidates in local elections in the Zulu homeland, shunning the political parties that have fought bitterly in the region.

7.   Fighting between the ANC and Inkatha has increased in recent months in a struggle for control of the Zulu homeland in KwaZulu-Natal province.

8.   Fighting between the ANC and Inkatha has killed thousands of blacks in the past decade in the traditional Zulu homeland.

9.   Fighting between the ANC and Inkatha has increased in recent months in the Zulu homeland in KwaZulu-Natal province over a power struggle for control of the region.

10.   Fierce fighting between the groups in the traditional Zulu homeland killed thousands of blacks in previous years.