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EventThe Ciskei homeland is established
… and the Transkei were two designated "states" for the Xhosa speaking people in the Eastern Cape. In 1981 it was …
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan is born
… The Xhosa writer and linguist, Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, …
PlaceChintsa
… 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…
PlaceHobeni
… among its attractions. The name Mbashe is derived from Xhosa. The municipality is named after the Mbashe river that … Homeland, where a racist government…
PlaceCiskei
… Cape was created as an enclave for the South Africa's Xhosa -speaking people as part of apartheid racial … This coincided with stronger efforts to forcibly…
PlaceThembuland
… 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…
PlaceAlicedale a Village in Albany District
… wife of the engineer who constructed the railway. Its Xhosa name is: 'EQora' Alicedale is a Railway Junction, on …
EventMgqwetho,the first poem of Nontisi is published
… her clan name, Cizama. She is the sole significant female Xhosa poet up to now and her work is only now being …
Mission Stations - N-S
… 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…
Ikwezi
… Ikwezi, a Xhosa word meaning "rising star", was a Marxist-Leninist …
PlaceFranschhoek Motor Museum
… 100 Years of motoring History. The Museum's Cape Dutch Architecture reflects the History and origins of the Western …
PlaceTylden, Eastern Cape
… The Eastern Cape also remains the traditional home of the Xhosa people. The diverse landscape provides a dizzying array …
EventSebe seeks International Court of Justice to mediate in the ‘Kei dispute
… originally created these Bantustan 'homelands' for Xhosa-speaking people based on racist and ethnic division of …
EventPresident Nelson Mandela awards the Gold Order of Meritorious Service posthumously to Enoch Sontonga, composer of “Nkosi, Sekel
… was initially meant to be a school anthem. A well-known Xhosa poetSamuel Mqhayi wrote seven additional stanzas for …
EventNico Basson says that SADF had supplied weapons and covert assistance to IFP in order to weaken the ANC
… decided to foster ethnic conflict, especially between Xhosa and Zulu people, as they were the largest ethnic groups …
EventWorkers embark on strike action
… Sixty-one Xhosa-speaking workers, under the leadership of their Headman …
PlaceTembisa Township, Midrand
… Midrand and Germiston . The name Tembisa comes from the Xhosa word ‘tembisa’ meaning ‘promise’. It came about, when …
ArticleSS Mendi
… to do. Brothers, we are drilling the death drill. I, a Xhosa, say you are my brothers...Swazis, Pondos, Basotho...so …
ArticleAZAPO’s Women’s Wing - Imbeleko
… profound cultural meaning in Nguni tradition. In Zulu and Xhosa cultures, imbeleko refers to both a material object - …
Place(The) Gambia
… by the slash-and-burn technique, but farmers practice conservation. Most land is held in common by the villagers. …
PlaceRondebosch Common, Camp Ground Road, Rondebosch.
… homes and first-rate renditions of Sir Herbert Baker architecture. Rondebosch Common is unusual - it is not state, …
PlaceOpera House, Port Elizabeth
… Victorian Theatre left on the continent. This means that architecture, if it disappears, will be lost to the children …
PlaceVryburg, Bophirima Region
… old Buildings manage to blend with the more modern architecture that dominates. Whilst Vryburg receives many a …
PlaceMqanduli
… with an elevation of 752m. Named after a nearby Hill; of Xhosa origin, the name is said to mean 'grindstone-maker', …
ArticleSummary: The Kingdom of Mali and the City of Timbuktu in the 14th Century
… army, and invested heavily in Islamic scholarship and architecture. Medieval Arab scholar Al-Umari, writing in … among the finest surviving examples of…
PlaceFramesby, Port Elizabeth
… aimed at stimulating a greater awareness of the need for conservation of our natural and cultural heritage. Embark on … library building, a gorgeous example…
PlaceAthlone - or Cape Flats, Cape Town
… settlement and forced government relocations. Since many Xhosa people of the region—including people born and raised … by apartheid; most residents of…
EventStruggle icon Nxele Makana drowns while escaping from Robben Island
… a renewal of the civil war between Gaika and Ndlambe. The Xhosa prophet Makhanda Nxele known by many people as Makana, …
Afrikaans Community 1652-1795
… During the reign of the Company the unique Cape Dutch architecture evolved and Louis Thibault (French architect), …
PlacePeddie
… 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…