Bizana is a rural village in the trans-Kei River region of Eastern Cape province, and the birthplace of Oliver Tambo and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.

An important part of the history of Bizana is the Pondoland Revolt of 1960, which took place around the area. For more on this click here or go to the second and third links below.

Links:

http://www.calle.com/world/SF/1/Bizana.html - 3 maps locating Bizana on the south east coast of South Africa

http://www.up.ac.za/beta/news/eng/pressview71.html - for a very brief account of the 1960 Pondoland revolt on University of Pretoria’s website

http://www.marxists.org/subject/africa/mbeki/peasants-revolt/index.htm - an extract from Chapter 9 of Govan Mbeki’s 1964 book The Peasants’ Revolt, the full text if which is available on http://www.anc.org.za/books/peasants.html

http://www.q.co.za/2003/07/1407_paradise.htm - looks at the social and environmental impact of a proposed freeway through the Bizana area in an article titled: “Paradise Lost?”

http://www.ciet.org/www/image/press/press-media200601.html - “Jobless in Bizana”, a development agency (CIET) media release on current employment problems in the area