Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape

Coordinates: -32.0020, 27.5810
Updated: 17 Dec 2025

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The Village of Cofimvaba was probably established in about 1877 when the Magisterial seat for Tembuland, which had originally been located to St Marks, which has subsequently, been transferred to a more accessible location. It derives its name from the Xhosa words "cofa", meaning to froth, and "mvaba", a goatskin bag for milk. This is the name of a nearby river which, after a heavy rainfall, is said to become swollen and frothy like a milk-bag.

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Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013752

South African History Online (2011) 'Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013752 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).

South African History Online, Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013752, (accessed 22 July 2026).

"Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013752. Accessed 22 July 2026.

South African History Online. "Cofimvaba, Eastern Cape." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0013752.