Lady Frere
Lady Frere
Cacadu | ||
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PO box 5410 | ||
| Area code | 047 | |
Lady Frere (officially Cacadu) is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town was renamed to Cacadu in 2017 after changes to the country's colonial names.[2] Cacadu, meaning "bulrush water", is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the district.
History
The town was established 1879,Bartle Frere, governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d Sum of the Main Places Lady Frere and Bhongolwethu from Census 2011.
- ^ "New names, but no signs say EC residents". SABC News. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
- ISBN 978-1-86842-026-1.
- ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.
Municipalities and communities of Chris Hani District Municipality, Eastern Cape | ||
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District seat: Queenstown (Komani) | ||
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| Inxuba Yethemba | ||
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