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Mthatha, the Glossary

Mthatha;, alternatively rendered Umtata, is the main town of the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality in Eastern Cape province of South Africa and the capital of OR Tambo District Municipality.^[1]

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1876 establishments in the Cape Colony
Populated places in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality
Transkei

Afrikaans

Afrikaans is a West Germanic language, spoken in South Africa, Namibia and (to a lesser extent) Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

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Akona Ndungane

Akona Zilindlovu Ndungane (born 20 February 1981) is a former South African professional rugby union player whose usual position was on the wing, although he also played as the centre.

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Alan Barrow

Alan Barrow (born 23 January 1955) is a South African former first class cricketer.

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Amanda Black

Amanda Benedicta Antony (born 24 July 1993), known professionally as Amanda Black, is a South African singer and songwriter.

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Anele Mdoda

Anele Mdoda (born May 19, 1984) is a South African television presenter, radio personality, producer, businesswoman and author.

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa.

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Anglican Diocese of Mthatha

The Diocese of Mthatha is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Athi-Patra Ruga

Athi-Patra Ruga (born in 1984) is a South African artist who uses performance, photography, video, textiles, and printmaking to explore notions of utopia and dystopia, material and memory.

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Bantu Holomisa

Bantubonke Harrington Holomisa (born 25 July 1955) is a South African politician.

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Bantu peoples of South Africa

South African Bantu-speaking peoples represent the majority ethno-racial group of South Africans.

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Bheki Cele

Bhekokwakhe "Bheki" Hamilton Cele (born 22 April 1952) was the South African Minister of Police from February 2018 to 17 June 2024.

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Black Coffee (DJ)

Nkosinathi Innocent Maphumulo (born 11 March 1976), better known by his stage name Black Coffee, is a South African DJ, record producer and songwriter.

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Bongani Mayosi

Bongani Mawethu Mayosi BMedSci, MB ChB, FCP(SA), DPhil, (28 January 1967 – 27 July 2018) was a South African professor of cardiology He was the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town and an A-rated National Research Foundation researcher.

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Bubele Mhlana

Rear Admiral Bubele Kitie Mhlana is the current serving Deputy Chief of the South African Navy, he was also the longest serving Flag Officer Fleet.

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Busiswa

Busiswa Gqulu (born 8 November 1988), popularly known as Busiswa is a South African singer-songwriter and poet.

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Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo

King Buyelekhaya Zwelibanzi Dalindyebo KaSabata (born 5 April 1964), reign name Zwelibanzi, is the king of the abaThembu people of South Africa since the late 1980s to present day.

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Carlo Del Fava

Carlo Antonio Del Fava (born 1 July 1981) is a former rugby union player.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Coloureds

Coloureds (Kleurlinge) refers to members of multiracial ethnic communities in South Africa who have ancestry from African, European, and Asian people.

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Districts of South Africa

The nine provinces of South Africa are divided into 52 districts (sing. district, isifunda; isithili; distrikte; selete; kgaolo; setereke; xifundza; sigodzi; tshiṱiriki; isiyingi), which are either metropolitan or district municipalities.

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Eastern Cape

The Eastern Cape (iMpuma-Kapa; Oos-Kaap) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa.

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First language

A first language (L1), native language, native tongue, or mother tongue is the first language a person has been exposed to from birth or within the critical period.

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Great Kei River

The Great Kei River is a river in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Humid subtropical climate

A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.

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IFani

Mzayifani Mzondeleli Boltina, better known as iFani, (born 20 November 1985) is a South African Hip-Hop/Rap artist, MC and television presenter.

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Indian South Africans

Indian South Africans are South Africans who descend from indentured labourers and free migrants who arrived from British India during the late 1800s and early 1900s.

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Jeff Hawkes

Jeffrey Owen Hawkes (born 3 September 1953) is a South African professional golfer.

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Jerry Masslo

Jerry Essan Masslo (4 December 195925 August 1989) was a South African refugee living in Italy who was murdered by a gang of criminals.

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Jessica Haines

Jessica Haines (born 1978) is a South African actress.

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Jet Novuka

Jet Novuka (born 3 March 1971) is a South African actor.

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Kaiser Matanzima

Chief Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima, often misspelled as Mathanzima (15 June 1915 – 15 June 2003), was the long-term leader of Transkei.

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Kaneez Surka

Kaneez Surka is a South African improv artist, actress, comedian and a YouTuber of an Indian descent, who works mainly in India.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality

King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality (uMasipala wase King Sabata Dalindyebo) is a local municipality situated in the inland of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Libode

Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Lindiwe Sisulu

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu (born 10 May 1954) is a South African politician.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Long Walk to Freedom

Long Walk to Freedom is an autobiography by South Africa's first democratically elected President Nelson Mandela, and it was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co. The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years spent in prison.

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Lwazi Mvovo

Lwazi Ncedo Mvovo (born 3 June 1986) is a retired South African professional rugby union player.

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Masibusane Zongo

Masibusane Zongo (born 30 March 1990 in Mthatha, Eastern Cape) is a South African football (soccer) midfielder who plays for Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila.

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Minister of Police (South Africa)

The Minister of Police is the minister in the Cabinet of South Africa with political responsibility for the Department of Police, including the South African Police Service, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, the Private Security industry Regulatory Authority, and the Civilian Secretariat for Police.

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Moneoa Moshesh

Moneoa Moshesh-Sowazi (born), is a South African singer-songwriter mononymously known as Moneoa.

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Mpondo people

The Mpondo People, or simply Ama-Mpondo, is a kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape.

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Mthatha Airport

Mthatha Airport is an airport serving Mthatha (formerly Umtata), a city in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Mthatha Dam

Mthatha Dam is an earth-fill type dam located on the Mthatha River, near Mthatha, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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Mthatha River

Mthatha River or Umtata River ('mtathe Bawo) is a river in the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa.

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Municipalities of South Africa

Local government in South Africa consists of municipalities (bommasepala; bomasepala; bommasepala; munisipaliteite; ngomasipala; Southern Ndebele: bomasipala; ngoomasipala; bomasipala; vhomasipala; vamasipala) of various types.

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Nambitha Mpumlwana

Nambitha Mpumlwana (born 12 February 1967) is a South African actress, presenter, producer and niece to Loyiso Mpumlwana.

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Nathi

Nkosinathi Mankayi (born 23 December 1982), professionally known as Nathi, is a South African singer-songwriter.

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Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.

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Ngazibini Sigwili

Ngazibini Sigwili (born 12 June 1995) is a South African cricketer.

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Noxolo Kiviet

Noxolo Kiviet (born 21 July 1963) is a South African politician who has served as the Minister of Public Service and Administration since March 2023.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Odwa Ndungane

Odwa Mzuzo Ndungane (born 20 February 1981 in Mthatha, South Africa) is a former rugby union player that played first class rugby between 2000 and 2017.

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OR Tambo District Municipality

The OR Tambo District Municipality (uMasipala weSithili sase OR Tambo) is one of the seven districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.

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Port St. Johns

Port St.

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Post office box

A post office box (commonly abbreviated as P.O. box, or also known as a postal box) is a uniquely addressable lockable box located on the premises of a post office.

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Postal codes in South Africa

Postal codes were introduced in South Africa on 8 October 1973, with the introduction of automated sorting.

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Provinces of South Africa

South Africa is divided into nine provinces.

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Ptaeroxylon

Ptaeroxylon obliquum is the botanical name for the sneezewood tree.

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Qunu

Qunu is a Xhosa rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province, south-west of Mthatha on the N2 national route. Mthatha and Qunu are Populated places in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality.

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R61 (South Africa)

The R61 is a long provincial route in South Africa that connects Beaufort West with Port Shepstone via Graaff-Reinet, Komani (previously Queenstown), Mthatha and Port Edward.

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Umtata

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Umtata (Umtatan(a)) is a diocese located in the city of Umtata, King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality, in the ecclesiastical province of Durban in South Africa.

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Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo

Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo (1928–1986) was the ruler of the Thembu Kingdom.

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Sabelo Phama

Sabelo Victor Phama (31 March 1949 – 9 February 1994) was an Anti-Aparthaid Activist, Military Commander of Azanian People's Liberation Army APLA and Secretary of Defense in the Pan African Congress PAC.

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Sean Park

Sean Michael Park (born 24 April 1980) is a South African born English cricketer.

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Semi-arid climate

A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.

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Sexual violence in South Africa

The rate of sexual violence in South Africa is among the highest recorded in the world.

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Siya Mdaka

Siyabulela Mdaka (born 14 February 1988 in Mthatha) is a South African rugby union player who last played for the Leopards (rugby union) in the Currie Cup and in the Rugby Challenge.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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South African English

South African English (SAfE, SAfEn, SAE, en-ZA) is the set of English language dialects native to South Africans.

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South African Standard Time

South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho.

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Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams

Stella Tembisa Ndabeni-Abrahams (born 30 June 1978) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Minister of Small Business Development since 5 August 2021.

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Telephone numbers in South Africa

South Africa switched to a closed numbering system effective 16 January 2007.

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Town

A town is a type of a human settlement.

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Transkei

Transkei (meaning the area beyond the river Kei), officially the Republic of Transkei (iRiphabliki yeTranskei), was an unrecognised state in the southeastern region of South Africa from 1976 to 1994.

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University of Fort Hare

The University of Fort Hare (Universiteit van Fort Hare) is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

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University of Transkei

The University of Transkei was a university in Umtata in the former bantustan of Transkei in South Africa. Mthatha and university of Transkei are Transkei.

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Vusumuzi Masondo

Lieutenant General Vusumuzi Masondo is a South African military commander.

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Walter Sisulu

Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC).

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Walter Sisulu University

Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is a university of technology and science located in Mthatha, East London (Buffalo City), Butterworth and Komani (Queenstown) in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, which came into existence on 1 July 2005 as a result of a merger between Border Technikon, Eastern Cape Technikon and the University of Transkei.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mthatha

Also known as Mtata, Mthatha, Eastern Cape, UMthatha, Umtata.

, Ngazibini Sigwili, Noxolo Kiviet, Oceanic climate, Odwa Ndungane, OR Tambo District Municipality, Port St. Johns, Post office box, Postal codes in South Africa, Provinces of South Africa, Ptaeroxylon, Qunu, R61 (South Africa), Roman Catholic Diocese of Umtata, Sabata Jonguhlanga Dalindyebo, Sabelo Phama, Sean Park, Semi-arid climate, Sexual violence in South Africa, Siya Mdaka, South Africa, South African English, South African Standard Time, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, Telephone numbers in South Africa, Town, Transkei, University of Fort Hare, University of Transkei, Vusumuzi Masondo, Walter Sisulu, Walter Sisulu University, Wendy Woods, White South Africans, Xhosa language, Zikhona Sodlaka, Zola Nombona.

Mthatha, the Glossary

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See also

1876 establishments in the Cape Colony

Populated places in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Local Municipality

Transkei

References