Siya Kolisi, Mampimpi and Lukhanyo enjoy Mzansi's fave dish in Durban. Discover their day of fun and great food.

Xhosa Cole has moved forward constantly, since winning the 2018 BBC Young Jazz Musician of the Year award. He has released two studio albums: K(no)w Them, K(no)w Us (Stoney Lane Records, 2021) ...

Did you know most Xhosa names are taken from all forms of oral literature and are known as proverbial names? Traditionally, elders would name their children using phrases from oral expressions, which ...

“Qabeleweni, Umthi ome phezukomfula ongadliwa nayibxozana, Mngane omncane ongadliwa nazinyosi, Bisi lwenkomo oluvalelwa umntwana ukude le kulonina, Nkomo zikanyokana, Sigqa, Gavhu.” Following the ...

The ceremony marks the end of the mother's ten-day period of solitude. Those who do not practice traditional Xhosa birth rituals can still be invited. The family treats the goat's skin as a sacred ...

I’m not saying that Zulu and Xhosa identities didn’t exist before the languages were well defined, rather that the identities were transformed when these languages came into existence. Before the ...

Before the 1800s, South Africa’s indigenous people had two key forms of collective belonging: the chiefdom and the clan. There were many chiefdoms and clans, including Zulu and Xhosa ones.

the chiefdom and the clan. There were many chiefdoms and clans, including Zulu and Xhosa ones. The chiefdom was a political entity: a person belonged to a chiefdom because they had submitted or ...

Before the 1800s, South Africa's indigenous people had two key forms of collective belonging: the chiefdom and the clan. There were many chiefdoms and clans, including Zulu and Xhosa ones.