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PlaceBritish Kaffraria, now the Border Region
… Territory of British Kaffraria On 21 December 1834 massed Xhosa armies attacked the eastern regions of the Cape Colony, … 31 March they crossed over the…
The Role of the Missionaries in conquest - Chapter IV - Divide and Rule
… had to end sooner or later in an open clash, and the Xhosa chief had proved the stronger. British tactics, … missionaries, whose business it was to persuade…
PlaceNgcobo
… 8km from the station on a site known locally as Engcobo, a Xhosa term meaning "a green place next to a stream". In 1879 … received an excellent education by…
ArchiveVukani zizwe
… Handwritten circular in Xhosa, with English translation, distributed in the Port …
ArchiveCiskei Commission: Report
… of the Interior, Mr Marais, on the 'allocation' of Xhosa speaking people to the Ciskei and the Transkei. …
ArchiveWars of resistance
… of resistance. Covers the Khoikhoi and San resistance, the Xhosa wars against dispossession, the Zulu opposition. …
PlaceAMabele, Eastern Cape Railway Station
… of Stuterheim on route to Kei Road. The name is of Xhosa origin and refers to the AmaBhele clan. …
ArchiveLetter from R H De Wet, Chief Director of the Drakensburg Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Drakensburg area for the Ciskei …
ArchiveLetter from L C Koch, Chief Director of the East Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission, supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Eastern Cape for a Ciskei …
PlaceAmeva River, Eastern Cape
… Xhosa name for the Doorn River, now known as; Indwe! It …
ArchiveLetter from B B Joubert of the Administration Board Eastern Transvaal to the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Eastern Transvaal for the Ciskei …
ArchiveLetter from the Senior Administrative Control Officer, Administration Board for Central Transvaal, to the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Mamelodi, Pretoria for a Ciskei …
ArchiveLetter from the Chief Director of the Western Transvaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… the Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of Xhosa people residing in the Western Transvaal area, for the …
ArchiveLetter from H A Combrinck, Germiston Area Director of the East Rand Administration Board to the Assistant Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing on the East Rand for the Ciskei …
Letter from S Bourquin, Chief Director of the Port Natal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in Port Natal for a Ciskei Commission …
ArchiveLetter from JG Adendorff, Director of Labour, East Rand Administration Board addressed to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… supplying requested population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the East Rand for a Ciskei …
PlaceBantu Dramatic Society, Johannesburg
… Men’s Social Centre on the 28th of April, 1933 written in Xhosa by a White woman, Oliver Goldsmith. The play was titled … by “uNongqause”, a play based on…
PlaceTranskei
… and Idutywa for the Idutywa Reserve. The alienation of Xhosa ancestral lands began during the 1770's when the Dutch … land wars. In 1811 and 1812 the British…
ArchiveLetter from W P J Schmidt, Chief Director of the Western Cape Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people in the Western Cape, for the Ciskei Commission …
PlaceHole in the Wall, Coffee Bay- Wild Coast
… opening carved through its centre by the waves. The local Xhosa call this place "izi Khaleni", which means "place of … than wind or the surf, that has eroded…
ArchiveLetter from J C Knoetze, Chief Director of the Oranje-Vaal Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Orange-Vaal area for the Ciskei …
ArchiveLetter from M J Jonker, Chief Director of the Highveld Administration Board to the Secretary of the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Highveld Area for a Ciskei …
ArchiveLetter from the Administration Board for the southern Orange Free State area to the Ciskei Commission
… Ciskei Commission supplying population statistics of the Xhosa people residing in the Southern Orange Free State for a …
PlaceAndriesburg, Eastern Cape
… and 20 km South-East of Sterkstroom. It is known by the Xhosa name of 'KwaHelisi', derived from the surname 'Halse', …
PlaceImizamo Yethu, Hout Bay
… a Population of roughly 14,000 Residents, who are mainly Xhosa speaking. The Informal Settlement was established in … commenced in 1993. The majority of the…
PlaceCwanguba
… on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a Xhosa adaption of Khoikhoi,'Howagu'-graves. Shaka Zulu's …
PlaceRabula
… The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa " ukurabula "-'a term given to a child when it becomes … The Village of Rabula was named after the Xhosa …
PlaceApryntjiesberg / Prentjiesberg
… blood, could also be referring to these San People! The Xhosa name for the mountian is 'UMngqazo'. …
PlaceEastern Cape Province
… conflict, courage, despair and success. This is where the Xhosa, Dutch and British had their first encounters, leading … buildings and the lime-washed…
PlacePort St. Johns
… Johns also offers a unique blend of cultural richness. The Xhosa culture, both traditional and modern, is always … of a colonial History. In the streets you…