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Township (South Africa)

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The town of Hankey ( foreground ), with accompanying township ( background ) on the edge of the town. Part of a series on Apartheid Events 1948 general election Coloured vote constitutional crisis 1956 Treason Trial Sharpeville massacre Rivonia Trial Soweto uprising Church Street bombing Trojan Horse Incident Khotso House bombing Cape Town peace march CODESA Assassination of Chris Hani Saint James Church massacre Shell House massacre Organisations ANC APLA IFP AWB BBB Black Sash CCB Conservative Party DP ECC FOSATU PP RP PFP HNP MK PAC UDF Broederbond National Party COSATU SACC SADF SAIC SAMA SAP SACP State Security Council People P. W. Botha Steve Biko Mangosuthu Buthelezi F. W. de Klerk Ruth First Bram Fischer Arthur Goldreich Chris Hani Bantu Holomisa Joel Joffe Ahmed Kathrada Albert Luthuli Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Mac Maharaj D. F. Malan Nelson Mandela Govan Mbeki Thabo Mbeki Raym...

Xhosa people

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For the Pakistani ethnic group, see Khosa. Further information: Xhosa language Xhosa AmaXhosa Total population 8,104,752 (2011 Census) Regions with significant populations Eastern Cape: 5,092,152 Western Cape: 1,403,233 Gauteng: 796,841 Free State: 201,145 KwaZulu-Natal: 340,832 Zimbabwe: [1] 200,000 Languages Xhosa (many also speak Zulu, English, and/or Afrikaans) Religion traditional African religions, Christianity Related ethnic groups Zulu, Swati and Southern and Northern Ndebele people Person umXhosa People amaXhosa Language isiXhosa The Xhosa people ( / ˈ k ɔː s ə , ˈ k oʊ s ə / ; [2] [3] Xhosa pronunciation:  [kǁʰɔ́ːsa] ( listen ) ) are an ethnic group of people of Southern Africa mainly found in the Eastern and Western Cape, South Africa, and in the last two centuries throughout the southern and central-southern parts of the country. There is a small but significant Xhosa (Mfengu) community in Zimbabwe, and their language, IsiXhos...