PONDOLAND


Meaning of PONDOLAND in English

Region, Eastern Cape province, southern Republic of South Africa, on the coast of the Indian Ocean .

It was settled at the end of the 16th century by the Pondo (Mpondo), a Bantu -speaking people. It was annexed to Cape Colony in 1894. It occupies a narrow strip from the coast to the interior plateaus in the west. The interior is rich cattle country with fertile farmlands.

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