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Cwanguba

Cwanguba

KIng Shaka of the Zulu's Image source

Coordinates
-31.5550, 29.0200
Updated
18 Apr 2019
Cwanguba

KIng Shaka of the Zulu's Image source

A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a Xhosa adaption of Khoikhoi,'Howagu'-graves. Shaka Zulu's forces escaped into this forest in 1828, commanding a full view of the land below!

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Cwanguba

How we know this

  1. 01 New Dictionary of South African Place Names by Peter E. Raper https://books.google.co.za/books?id=uEdCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA344&lpg=PA344&dq=cwanguba+forest&source=bl&ots=SGuKSSB8Fw&sig=YGAwrEYXTSOiQQrSqSNTH8hhV6s&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRlvnI7d_TAhWDKMAKHZh5C4wQ6AEIITAA#v=onepage&q=cwanguba%20forest&f=false 

Last updated · 18 Apr 2019

Cite this entry

South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Cwanguba. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013815

South African History Online (2011) 'Cwanguba', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013815 (Accessed: 20 October 2026).

South African History Online, Cwanguba [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013815, (accessed 20 October 2026).

"Cwanguba." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013815. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Cwanguba." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/P-0013815.

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