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Phalo Ka Tshiwo
King Phalo kaTshiwo was the king of the AmaXhosa Nation from 1736 until his death in 1775. King Phalo KaTshiwo (Born:1702-Died:1775) was the second son of King Tshiwo KaNgconde but his older brother Prince Gwali KaTshiwo was from a junior wife and so King Phalo KaTshiwo was in line for the AmaXhosa throne. King Tshiwo KaNgconde died the same year of King Phalo's birth so his uncle Prince Mdange kaNgconde took over the reins as regent. Prince Gwali kaTshiwo joined forces with Prince Ntinde KaTogu , chief of the AmaNtinde clan, to overthrow King Phalo KaTshiwo but was not successful. King Phalo KaTshiwo had five sons Prince Langa kaPhalo ( 1705), Prince Rarabe kaPhalo ( 1722), King Gcaleka kaPhalo (whose mother, Thandela, was the daughter of the AmaMpondomise monarch King Phahlo and sister to Queen Mamani kaPhahlo.), Prince Lutshaba kaPhalo (1730 Events January–March * January 30 (January 19 O.S.) – At dawn, Emperor Peter II of Russia dies of smallpox, ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xhosa People
The Xhosa people, or Xhosa language, Xhosa-speaking people (; ) are African people who are direct kinsmen of Tswana people, Sotho people and Twa people, yet are narrowly sub grouped by European as Nguni people, Nguni ethnic group whose traditional homeland is primarily the Cape Provinces, Cape Provinces of South Africa, however the skulls from Mapungubwe empire shows that they have always been in Southern Africa like their kinsmen and had developed a sophisticated culture as well as civilization. They were the second largest racial group in apartheid Southern Africa and are native speakers of the Xhosa language, IsiXhosa language. Presently, approximately eight million Xhosa speaking African people are distributed across the country, and the Xhosa language is South Africa's second-most-populous home language, after the Zulu, again we must qualify the former statement as in great countries like China, Xhosa and Zulu language would not be classified as different languages, rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1730s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1730s The following lists events that happened during the 1730s in South Africa. Events 1730 * The Dutch East India Company imports slaves from Mozambique and Zanzibar * The first trekboers reach the George area, trek inland into Langkloof * 8 March - Jan de la Fontaine becomes Governor of the Cape Colony * 8 April - The first Jewish congregation consecrates their synagogue 1732 * The Trek Boers, the first Dutch farmers, settled along the Olifants River 1733 * Matthias Lotter, master Gold and Silver Smith arrives at the Cape. 1734 * Jan de la Fontaine, Governor of the Cape, claims Mossel Bay for the Dutch East India Company and the Great Brak River is proclaimed the eastern boundary of Cape 1736 * 14 November Adriaan van Kervel is appointed Governor of the Cape * Phalo becomes King of the Xhosa Nation 1737 * 21 May - Nine ships are wrecked in a gale in Table Bay with a loss of 208 lives * 9 July - George Schmidt, the first Protestant missionary (Mora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1770s In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during the 1770s in South Africa. Events 1772 * 13 January - The Prince Edward Islands are re-discovered by the French explorer Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne, and named them Terre de l'Espérance (Marion) and Ile de la Caverne (Pr. Edward) 1778 * The Cape Colony boundary is extended to Buffels, Zak and Fish Rivers * Hendrik Jacob Wikar and Robert Jacob Gordon meet Khoikhoi, Geisiqua and Tswana tribes along lower and middle Gariep which Gordon names Orange River in honour of the Netherlands Stadtholder * 6 February - France formally recognises the United States as a nation by signing a treaty of Friendship and Trade. An undeclared war with Britain soon erupted * 27 July - French and British navies clash just off the coast of France * 30 December - Britain captures the port of St. Lucia in the Caribbean Sea * British forces capture Pondicherry in the Bay of Bengal from the French, later recaptured * The Dutch port of St Eustatius in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langa KaPhalo
Prince Langa kaPhalo (Born:1722-Died:1794) was the first and founder of Ama-Mbalu chieftaincy within the Ama-Xhosa nation and reigned it from 746 until 1794till his death. Prince Langa KaPhalo was born to King Phalo kaTshiwo and is known to his first born son and have had two Known sons Prince Ngqeno kaLanga (1759 In Great Britain, this year was known as the ''Annus Mirabilis'', because of British victories in the Seven Years' War. Events January–March * January 6 – George Washington marries Martha Dandridge Custis. * January 11 &ndas ...) and Prince Thole kaLanga. Xhosa people 18th-century monarchs in Africa {{Africa-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1700s The following lists events that happened during the 1700s in South Africa. Events 1700 * An ordinance is proclaimed by the Cape Colony’s administration, restricting the importation of Asian slaves 1702 * 3 April—The ''Merenstejin'', a Dutch merchant ship, sinks off Jutten Island on the west coast of the Cape Colony 1706 * 28 February—Adam Tas, a community leader in the Cape Colony, is jailed for drafting a petition accusing local VOC officials of corruption and money laundering 1707 * 17 January— Rev. E.F. Le Bourg, a parson of whom Batavia was glad to be rid, arrives in Cape Town. He enters politics and stirs up trouble * 3 June—Johan Cornelis d'Ableing is appointed acting Governor of the Cape Colony 1708 * 17 January—The Cape Council of Policy resolves to deport Rev. E.F. Le Bourg * 1 February— Louis van Assenburgh is appointed Governor of the Cape Births * 1700—Hendrik Swellengrebel, later governor of the Dutch Cape Colony, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rarabe KaPhalo
Rarabe ka Phalo (about 1722 - 1787) was a Xhosa Prince and the founder of the Right Hand House of the Xhosa Xhosa may refer to: * Xhosa people, a nation, and ethnic group, who live in south-central and southeasterly region of South Africa * Xhosa language, one of the 11 official languages of South Africa, principally spoken by the Xhosa people See als ... nation. Rarabe was the eldest son and right hand son of King Phalo ka Tshiwo. Rharhabe died near present-day Dohne in the Eastern Cape province. Family He fathered the following known children ( Mlawu ka Rarabe (Great son), Ndlambe ka Rarabe, Sigcawu ka Rarabe, Cebo ka Rarabe (Right Hand son), Hlahla ka Rarabe, Nzwane ka Rarabe, Mnyaluza ka Rarabe, Ntsusa ka Rarabe (a daughter) and Nukwa ka Rarabe. Death Rharhabe-Qwathi War Rharhabe's daughter Ntsusa married the Qwathi chief Mdandala, who as dowry(lobola) sent a miserable hundred head of cattle to Rharhabe. This was seen by Rharhabe as a great insult for some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1720s In South Africa
{{Year in South Africa, 1720s The following lists events that happened during the 1720s in South Africa. Events 1722 * Groot Constantia was built * 17 January - ''Sampson'' and ''Amstelveer'', richly laden, are wrecked on the southern coast, beginning a disastrous year for Dutch ships in South Africa * 17 June - A gale lasting several days drives away ten ships lying at anchor in Table Bay harbour. All the ships sank, and 660 people lost their lives 1724 * 14 February - An expedition leaves Cape Town to establish ports along the east coast. The members reach Delagoa Bay and build a fort, but are later raided by English pirates * 8 September - Jan de la Fontaine provisionally becomes Governor of the Cape Colony 1727 * 25 February - Pieter Gysbert Noodt becomes Governor of the Cape 1728 * 28 April - Jan de la Fontaine is again appointed provisional Governor of the Cape * 3 July - The ship ''Middenmark'' is driven on the rocks in Table Bay by a strong wind and 75 people are drowne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gcaleka KaPhalo
King Gcaleka KaPhalo (Born:1728-Died:1792) he was the King of AmaXhosa Nation from:1775 to 1792 and he was the third son of King Phalo kaTshiwo and King Gcaleka KaPhalo had 3 known sons, King Khawuta kaGcaleka (1761), Prince Velelo kaGcaleka and Prince Nqoko kaGcaleka. He became King of the AmaXhosa Nation in 1775 right after his father died. King Gcaleka KaPhalo faced tried to usurp his father's rule and interclan war broke out resulting in the Xhosa nation to split into two major sub-groups, the AmaXhosa of Rarabe and AmaXhosa of Gcaleka. To this day the AmaGcaleka lineage is recognised as the Royal house of the AmaXhosa nation. King Gcaleka kaPhalo was succeeded by King Khawuta ka Gcaleka. ''Other sources state he became King in 1750 and died in 1778.'' References 1730 births Gcaleka The Gcaleka House is the Great house of the Xhosa Kingdom in what is now the Eastern Cape. Its royal palace is in the former Transkei and its counterpart in the former Ciskei is the Rha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamani KaPhahlo
Queen Mamani kaPhahlo was a queen of the AmaMpondomise Kingdom from 1732, following after her father, King Phahlo. She is also known as Queen Mbingwa. As the eldest among three daughters of the Great Wife of King Phahlo, she successfully challenged her half-brothers from the smaller houses for the throne upon the death of her father. She married Princess Ntsibatha, a Mpondo princess, she died in May 1758 without any heirs to the throne. She was succeeded by one of her brothers, King Sonthlo, who she installed in her position despite challenges from Within the royal family members at that time Early life and family Queen Mamani (sometimes called Mbingwa) was born to King Phahlo and a Xesibe Princess whose name is not known. Queen Mamani's mother was the Great Wife. One of Queen Mamani's sisters, Princess Thandela, married into the AmaXhosa Nation King Phalo and was the mother of King Gcaleka. Prince Gcaleka later became the King of the Xhosas. Not much is known about the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
