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Gillian Schutte explores the enduring impact of colonialism in South Africa, where the myth of an empty land has perpetuated systemic injustices.
Traveller and author Treive Nicholas reclaims the tragic story of the Gcaleka clan, by unpacking ancient amaXhosa heritage ...
A traditional leader from the Eastern Cape, a chief, has been arrested after viral videos showed him allegedly assaulting two women in Sholorha Location, Elliotdale, prompting the AmaXhosa Kingdom ...
At least 28 initiates have died in the Eastern Cape since the start of the summer initiation season as amaXhosa boys' rite of passage into manhood. Hlabisa has called for an urgent meeting with ...
The amaXhosa Kingdom is reeling in shock after the shooting at Mente village in Willowvale on Wednesday night. AmaXhosa King Ahlengene Sigcawu's spokesperson, Nkosi Ndabele Mtoto, and Ebhotwe ...
Beyond sustenance, water plays a central role in the system of knowledge and cultural practices of the amaXhosa of the Eastern Cape, says cultural anthropologist Penny Bernard, who studies the link ...
These deaths are almost exclusively among amaXhosa people of the province. Each year these deaths are met with outrage from the public, traditional leaders and government. Year after year ...
This coincided with the Fourth War of Dispossession between the amaXhosa led by the Rharhabe tribes (Chief Ndlambe, uncle of the then reigning Rharhabe Paramount Chief and son of previous Chief ...
Nguni is a language group to which amaXhosa tribe belong to. The isiXhosa word for Coega is Ngqura, and this is the name used for the adjacent Port of Ngqura, a deep-water port that adds to ...
David Stuurman, who has just had an airport named after him, was one of the first leaders of resistance to colonial expansion in South Africa, yet few people in the country know much about him, as ...