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Mpondo
The Mpondo People or simply AmaMpondo, is one of the kingdoms in what is now the Eastern Cape.Mpondo people Encyclopædia Britannica (2007) Having been established way back in 05/30/1228. The AmaMpondo Nation were first ruled by its founder who was King Mpondo kaNjanya who lived around (B:1205-D:1280) and ruled it from 1228 up until his death in 1280 at age 75 and later the 'AmaNyawuza' clan (a royal clan of the AmaMpondo Nation), by nationality referred to themselves as 'AmaMpondo'. They are related to other Aba-Mbo kingdoms and chiefdoms in South Africa. Origins The story of the origins of emaMpondweni was told to personify and symbolise the fact that it was a nation with lands shaped like a horn, when it includes the lands[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mpondomise People
The Mpondomise people, also called AmaMpondomise, are a Xhosa-speaking people.Mpondo people Encyclopædia Britannica (2007) Their traditional homeland has been in the contemporary era Eastern Cape province of South Africa, during apartheid they were located both in the Ciskei and Transkei region. Like other separate Xhosa-speaking kingdoms such as abaThembu and amaMpondo, they speak Xhosa language, Xhosa and are at times considered as part of the Xhosa people. The AmaMpondomise form part of the AbaseMbo Nguni ethnic groups of South Africa. The formal establishment of the ethnic groups as a separate nation from the other local Bantu peoples or their Nguni cousins is estimated around 13th century. The Mpondomise encountered colonists migrating further inland and eastwards from the Cape of Good Hope. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Sigcau
Princess Stella Sigcau (4 or 14 January 1937 in Lusikisiki – 7 May 2006 in Durban) was a Minister in the South African Government. Sigcau was also the first female Prime Minister of the bantustan of Transkei before being deposed in a military coup in 1987. Early life and career She was the daughter of King Botha Sigcau of the AmaMpondo state who was a former President of the Transkei in 1976–1978. Her brothers are King Mpondombini Thandizulu Sigcau and the late ANC activist and Member of Parliament Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Sigcau. She named Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Sigcau's daughter Princess Stella Sigcau II (Founder: Lwandlolubomvu Rural Development Project) after her. Sigcau graduated from the Loveday Institute in 1954 before marrying Ronald Tshabalala in 1962. She went on to attend the University of Fort Hare. There she joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), then graduating with a BA degree majoring in Anthropology and Psychology. She was married for a brief per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Sigcau
Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Twenty-man Sigcau (1947–1996) was a traditional leader of Lwandlolubomvu Traditional Council. He was the youngest son of King Botha Sigcau and brother to Princess Stella Sigcau, and his elder brother King Mpondombini Sigcau. Nkosi Ntsikayezwe Sigcau was father to Nkosi Nzululwazi Sigcau, Princess Kholeka Sigcau (a diplomat and founder of the Pondo Culture and Heritage Festival) and Princess ZamaFaku Sigcau. At the time of his death in 1996, he was serving as an ANC member at Eastern Cape Legislature(Bisho) References- Dial Ndima in his book The law of Commoners and Kings: Narratives of a Rural Transkei Magistrate wrote, “The accused Chief Ntsikayezwe Sigcau was a chief in Ntabankulu District. The government’s accusation against him was that he was sympathetic to the then banned African National Congress, which he had visited in exile in Zambia long before the official national negotiations were in place, and this was generally known. "The Law of Commoners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gquma
Bessie, otherwise known as Gquma, was a South African traditional aristocrat. As the Great Wife of Paramount Chief Sango of the Tshomane, she served as a queen of the Mpondo people. Life A famous figure in South African history, Bessie was a white girl that was adopted by a local clan following a shipwreck that cast her upon their shores in the 1700s. Her adoptive family - the AbeLungu - had themselves previously acculturated into the local tribes of the Wild Coast region of South Africa after similar misfortunes had befallen them. Upon coming of age, she married Tshomane, paramount chief of the Mpondo clan whose name he shared. When he died a short time later, she married his successor Sango. She was ruling as his consort when the merchant vessel ''The Grosvenor'' ran aground on the shore of their territory about 40 years after her own ship did the same. At least one of its passengers is thought to have joined the Tshomanes, possibly through the influence of Bessie. Bessie was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
