Bisho

Bisho is a town in South Africa, and the capital of the Eastern Cape Province. It was also the capital of the former bantustan of Ciskei. The republic of the Ciskei was granted independence in 1981 and was reincorporated into the New South Africa in 1994. Bisho is the Xhosa word for buffalo, which is also the name of the river that runs through this town.

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South Africa: :This article is about the country called South Africa. For the region, see southern Africa....

Eastern Cape Province: The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bisho. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, as well as the eastern portion of the Cape Province. It is the traditional home of the Xhosa, and the birthplace of many prominent South Africans, su...

Bantustan: Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal "homelands" for black South Africans (and Namibians) during the apartheid era. The term "bantustan" was first used in the late 1940s and was coined from Bantu (meaning "people" in the Bantu languages) and -stan (meaning "land of" in the...