Homeland

The name, Dimbaza, an African Town in the former Ciskei, about 11km North-West of King William’s Town (on the road to Al...

4 October 1966, Basutoland (Lesotho) gains independence from Britain

The migration typically starts along the Transkei coast in the Eastern Cape, moving up the Wild Coast and along the KwaZ...

KaNgwane was the Homeland of the Swazi people living in South Africa. It was situated along the border with Swaziland, a...

Pampierstad (now Thuso a Sotho or Tswana word meaning Help/Assistance) was established in the former homeland of Bophuth...

An early history of the Transkei area Originally the Transkei included the territories of Idutywa Reserve, Fingoland ...

The Bophuthatswana Territorial Authority was created in 1961, and in June 1972 Bophuthatswana was declared a self-govern...

Hill on the Ridge, leading to 'Cathkin Peak', in the Drakensburg, some 50 km West of Escourt. Named after GT Amphlett wh...

Xhosa name for the Doorn River, now known as; Indwe!  It means 'thorns' referring to the Acacia trees that gro...

During the apartheid period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national st...

It is a natural region in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. Its territory is the traditional region of the Them...

KwaNdebele (or place of the Ndebele) was granted self-government in 1984 and was intended to be the new home for the Tra...

Rooigrond was a Rural Community 16km of Mafikeng and 25km South-West of Ottoshoop, in the former fomeland of Bophuthatsw...

In 1962, the South African Government created Venda as a Homeland for the Venda-speaking people. The area set aside for ...

Quaqua, or Qwaqwa, was a homeland created for the Southern Sotho people from a reserve in the Orange Free State (OFS) th...