FACTORS FOR THE ATTEMPTED SECESSION OF KATANGA AFTER INDEPENDENCE
The nature of colonial administration characterized by divide and rule, the Belgians had designed Tshombe to promote their interests separately. Yet they had made most of the Congolese politically virgins. This secret support encouraged Moishe Tshombe to secede from mainland Congo. The failure of the central government to increase the number of parliamentarians representing Katanga. Katanga had only four parliamentarians yet with about 2/3 of elites in Congo to avert this, secession became inevitable. The economic giantness of Katanga in terms of goods, minerals and soils it had and it has minerals like Zinc, gold, copper, Uranium to mention but afew besides Katanga produced 60% of Congo’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). Therefore this stimulated the economic nationalism of Tshombe who wanted all the resources to be used in the development of Katanga. The rapid urbanization and industrialization in Katanga inspired continued immigration of people to Katanga to get employed. This ho...