Handwritten letter from Isaac Tembani protesting about the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma to Kieskammahoek. The letter appeals against the evictions and explains the wishes of the Mfengu people to reclaim back their land.
Archive record
Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma

- Origin date
- 14 October 1968
- Updated
- 27 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0113353
South African History Online (2016) ' Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0113353 (Accessed: 26 July 2026).
South African History Online, Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma [website], https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0113353, (accessed 26 July 2026).
" Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0113353. Accessed 26 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Letter from Isaac Tembani protesting the forced removals of the Mfengu people from their land in Tsitsikamma ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/nr/ref/R-0113353.
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