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Lady Frere

Cacadu
Lady Frere Cacadu
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	Coordinates: 31°42′11″S 27°14′02″E / 31.703°S 27.234°E
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Emalahleni
Area
• Total	22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population (2011)
• Total	4,024
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	98.3%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	91.6%
• English	4.1%
• Other	4.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5410
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]^[3] Cacadu, meaning "bulrush water", is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the district. It is one of the largest rural parts in the former Transkei.[1]

History

The town was established 1879,^[4] and became a municipality in 1900. The town was named after the wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880.^[5]

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.
^ "85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way". BusinessTech. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
^ Erasmus, B. P. J. (1995). On Route in South Africa. Internet Archive. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-86842-026-1.
^ Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.

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[census2011-1] Sum of the Main Places Lady Frere and Bhongolwethu from Census 2011.

[2] "New names, but no signs say EC residents". SABC News. 11 November 2017. Retrieved 1 February 2021.

[3] "85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way". BusinessTech. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

[4] Erasmus, B. P. J. (1995). On Route in South Africa. Internet Archive. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 209. ISBN 978-1-86842-026-1.

[Raper1989-5] Raper, P. E. (1989). Dictionary of Southern African Place Names. Jonathan Ball Publishers. p. 269. ISBN 978-0-947464-04-2 – via Internet Archive.

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