Kayamandi is a suburb of
in the
Western Cape
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province of
South Africa
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located off
route R304. Kayamandi is one of the developing
townships situated in Stellenbosch.
The name means "nice home" in the
Xhosa language
Xhosa (, ) also isiXhosa as an endonym, is a Nguni language and one of the official languages of South Africa and Zimbabwe. Xhosa is spoken as a first language by approximately 8.2 million people and by another 11 million as a se ...
, from ''khaya'' meaning "home" and ''mnandi'' meaning "nice". It was founded in the early 1950s as part of the increased segregation during the
apartheid
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regime.
It was originally built to house exclusively black migrant male labourers employed on the farms in the Stellenbosch area. In 1966, the nine largest employers in the Stellenbosch district including
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University ( af, Universiteit Stellenbosch) is a public research university situated in Stellenbosch, a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Stellenbosch is the oldest university in South Africa and the oldest extant ...
, the town administration, several vineyards and a fruit packing company united to erect 38 ready-made homes, so called hostels.
The principal language spoken in Kayamandi is Xhosa, a tonal language which incorporates the use of
click consonant
Click consonants, or clicks, are speech sounds that occur as consonants in many languages of Southern Africa and in three languages of East Africa. Examples familiar to English-speakers are the ''tut-tut'' (British spelling) or '' tsk! tsk!'' ...
s, although there is widespread knowledge of both
English
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and
Afrikaans
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.
There are four schools in Kayamandi: Khayamandi High; Makhuphula High; Ikaya Primary; and Kayamandi Primary. Schools in Kayamandi include
Kayamandi Secondary School, Makupula Secondary School and Ikaya Primary School.
There are many interesting projects done by young and old people of Kayamandi, such as Kayamandi Arts and Culture Festival. There are about 27 registered pre-schools and more than ten registered organisations such as Vision Africa, Prochorus,
Lokxion Foundation, Legacy Center, Trust Center, Songo.Info, IMBADU etc.
Kayamandi is a soccer loving community with more than 20 teams, most of them playing informal soccer. Well known teams are Kuyasa FC, FC Malaga, Lokxion Stars FC, Kayamandi Hotspurs, Barca Juniors, Mighty Five Stars and FC Twetwe.
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External links
References
{{Cape Winelands District Municipality
Stellenbosch
Populated places in the Stellenbosch Local Municipality
Townships in the Western Cape
1950s establishments in South Africa