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… era. Set on park-like grounds this veranda home's replica architecture is historically notable. Built by the Durban …

… were again requested.  Sadly much of the Gracious Architecture was destroyed when they virtually rebuilt the …

… exemplifies the transition from Victorian to Edwardian architecture and décor. The house has a clay tennis court and …

… India. This is a prominent feature of Hindu temple architecture!) The Tamil Society of Pretoria replaced an …

… among its attractions. The name Mbashe is derived from Xhosa. The municipality is named after the Mbashe river that … Homeland, where a racist government once tried to confine Xhosa people, nine out of ten adults are unemployed and one …

… hideaway for travellers of all ages. Chintsa is a Xhosa word meaning: “river of crumbling banks” , and it is … will discover that learning the different clicks in the Xhosa language is part of the fun of discovering this …

… The Eastern Cape also remains the traditional home of the Xhosa people. The diverse landscape provides a dizzying array …

… originally created these Bantustan 'homelands' for Xhosa-speaking people based on racist and ethnic division of …

… was initially meant to be a school anthem. A well-known Xhosa poetSamuel Mqhayi  wrote seven additional stanzas for …

… became the focus for military operations against the Xhosa , in the frontier war of 1811-12 , and in 1815 its … brought with them English customs as well as ideas about architecture which differed markedly from those of the local … Victorian aesthetics became dominant in South Africa's architecture, involving not only the design of new …

… region of the Thembu people, one of the sub-groups of the Xhosa nation. It was formerly also known as "Tamboekieland" … assimilated to a large degree with the neighbouring Xhosa people. Thembuland became an independent kingdom, ruled … in a protracted war against an alliance of neighbouring Xhosa-speaking peoples, including the Pondo, the Bomvana and …

… Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa comes from the Xhosa word ‘tembisa’ meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when …

… decided to foster ethnic conflict, especially between Xhosa and Zulu people, as they were the largest ethnic groups …

… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman …

… 100 Years of motoring History. The Museum's Cape Dutch Architecture reflects the History and origins of the Western …

… a renewal of the civil war between Gaika and Ndlambe. The Xhosa prophet Makhanda Nxele known by many people as Makana, …

… on three sides by the buildings already described. A (Xhosa) Interpreter residing here, kept an eating-house, and … a little mud-walled chapel. There were upwards of forty (Xhosa) kraals within three miles of this place. "Adjacent to … the chapel there was a piece of ground, which was once a (Xhosa) cattle-kraal, and in which there were still to be …

… Medical Building, which seeks to strike a balance between conservation of historical materials and making them publicly …

… Farm was taken over by the provincial Department of Nature Conservation in 1992 and control was transferred to SANParks …

… Land Owners. Their legacy being mainly; the successful conservation of the highest density of big game in South …

… with an elevation of 752m. Named after a nearby Hill; of Xhosa origin, the name is said to mean 'grindstone-maker', …

… in Johannesburg on 4 March 1932 to a Swati mother and a Xhosa father. Her mother was a sangoma and a domestic worker …

… to do. Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers...Swazis, Pondos, Basotho...so …

… profound cultural meaning in Nguni tradition. In Zulu and Xhosa cultures, imbeleko refers to both a material object - …

… reflecting the town's increasingly close links with the conservation project that brought the Kruger National Park …

… settlement and forced government relocations. Since many Xhosa people of the region—including people born and raised … by apartheid; most residents of Khayelitsha still speak Xhosa and English and either they or their parents were … Cape Flats have an increasing diversity of residents, with Xhosa-speaking people an increasingly noticeable presence in …

… on a milk wood tree commemorates the resettlement of the Xhosa tribe, the Mfengo, who cooperated with the British … built in 1841, just in time to withstand a 4 000-strong Xhosa attack.     …

… Town. The name is a contraction of igugu lethu, which is Xhosa for 'Our Pride'. This township was established along … of Cape Town in the Western Cape Province. The name is Xhosa for ‘our pride’. The township was established in 1958 …

… the year 1530-1760. In the late 18th and 19th Century the Xhosa and White Settlers arrived. The Bushmen were displaced …

… to Fort Glamorgan Prison. Known as kwa Nongqongqo in Xhosa, this prison was famous for having held many political …