5-598: Nqamakwe is a town in Amatole District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . In 1865, a number of Mfengu clans were resettled in the area around Nqamakwe. As refugees from the Mfacane wars further north, they had relatively few links to their former rural tribal economy and, at a relatively early stage, came under the guidance of European missionaries. Realising the need for an education in
10-418: Is one of the 7 districts of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa . The seat is East London . As of 2011, over 90% of its 892,637 inhabitants spoke isiXhosa . The district code is DC12. Amathole means "calves", the name of the mountain range and forest which forms the northern boundary of the district. The Executive Mayor of Amathole District Municipality since 2016 is Anele Ntsangani , [] and
15-481: The Government Agent to Fingoland. It is also birthplace of South African activists Govan Mbeki , Annie Silinga and Dora Tamana as well as the cardiologist and professor Bongani Mayosi . This Eastern Cape location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Amatole District Municipality The Amathole District Municipality ( Xhosa : uMasipala weSithili sase Amathole )
20-545: The Municipal Manager is [Dr Bhekisisa J Mthembu]. Amathole is surrounded by: The district contains the following local municipalities : Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality, following amalgamation of Nxuba (24,264; 2.72%) and Nkonkobe (127,115; 14.24%)] municipalities. The following statistics are from the 2011 census . Election results for Amathole in the South African general election, 2004 . As of January 2024,
25-495: The colonial economy they were now attempting to enter, they began, on their own initiative, to collect funds and to lay down the groundwork for the establishment of a technical training institute. The village of Nqamakwe was established in 1876 as the seat of the new Government Agent to the amaMfengu, and the College was opened in 1877 on a site located a short distance outside Nqamakwe. It was named Blythswood in honour of Capt MT Blyth,
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