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BiographyRobert Xhosa
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Robert Xhosa
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BiographyXhosa Percival Gugushe
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Xhosa Percival Gugushe
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ArticleNdebele architecture and settlement patterns
… threatened. It is probable that at this point their architecture began to adopt increasingly the forms, textures, … umsamo, a residual feature from the…
ArticleThe role of gender in Ndebele architecture
… from the University of Pretoria, conducted a survey of its architecture. Their subsequent home at KwaMsiza proved to be … the village of KwaMsiza is an…
ArticleXhosa
… Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and … the eleventh century. Language,…
ArchiveArchitecture in West Africa
… Architecture in West Africa …
ArchivePartners in conservation
… Partners in conservation …
Vernacular Architecture Society of South Africa
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ArchiveLand needs versus conservation
… Land needs versus conservation …
BiographyFranco Frescura
… the next eleven years, he read towards his first degree in architecture, a long period broken by a four-year spell of … was invited by Prof Pancho Guedes,…
ArchiveThe importance of conservation in KwaZulu
… The importance of conservation in KwaZulu …
EventXhosa author Samuel Mqhayi dies
… Samuel Edward Krune Mqhayi, Xhosa poet, prose writer and educator, died at Ntab'ozuko, … of the first stanza and chorus were originally written in Xhosa as a…
PlaceBronberg Conservancy, Pretoria
The Bronberg Conservancy is located on the South East side of Pretoria, in the Gauteng province of South Africa. It is marked by its outstanding landscapes…
EventXhosa Chief Sandile is killed
… Xhosa Chief Sandile, born in the Ciskei in 1820, was killed … Xhosa Chief Sandile is killed …
EventSA signs Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources
… nations who signed the multilateral Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR, … SA signs Convention on the Conservation of…
EventA Xhosa film wins Golden Bear award
… The South African Xhosa film uCarmen eKhayelitsha became the second South … Township of Khayelitsha. The musical, sung entirely in Xhosa, is about an HIV…
EventEarly Xhosa author William Gqoba dies
… Gaga, near Alice, and was one of the earliest authors in Xhosa literature. Charles Brownlee rated him one of the best, if not the very best, Xhosa translator…
EventXhosa hero Maqoma dies on Robben Island
… Xhosa war hero and regent of the AmaNgqika (Gaika) Xhosa clan during the youth of Sandile, Maqoma (also spelled … that crops should not be planted in a…
EventSouth Africa and Mozambique begin discussions which lead to the creation of a cross-border conservation park
… discussions which led to the creation of a cross-border conservation park which will include the Kruger National … of a protected wilderness. It is now one…
PlaceEntabeni Safari Conservancy, Waterberg
Entabeni Safari Conservancy, rightfully dubbed “The Place of the Mountain”, is situated in the World Heritage, Waterberg Biosphere. Approximately a three-hour…
EventArchibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan, Xhosa writer and linguist, dies
… Archibald Campbell Mzoliza Jordan Xhosa writer and linguist died in the United State of America … newspaper that aired the views of Black people. One of his…
PlacePrincess Vlei Conservation Area
… Princess Vlei Conservation Area …
EventXhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns the death of her mother
… published. Mgqwetho was the first woman poet to publish in Xhosa. From 1920 to 1929 she contributed more than ninety … Xhosa poet Nontsizi Mgqwetho mourns…
BiographyAlan Robert Lipman
… African Air Force during World War II, Lipman studied Architecture at the University of Witwatersand. Here, Lipman … Kitwe, Zambia for six months. He worked…
BiographyRonnie Levitan
… a fellow architect started to publish the ADA magazine (Architecture, Design and Art) in which he did most of the … Style, Architect, Architect and Builder…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… He served in World War I with distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds and at the RA Schools 11 London. His … the architect in solving the problems…
ArchiveUluvo lukamhleli (article written in Xhosa language)
… Uluvo lukamhleli (article written in Xhosa language) …
Xhosa warriors overrun the Eastern Cape frontier.
… Xhosa warriors overrun the Eastern Cape frontier. …