Bhaca language

I visited KwaBhaca in 1990 to bury my father  who asked that we must transport  him when  he passed on.I learnt  some good lessons especially what kept them  healthy. 1.They eat the Natural  Food which they cultivated like pumpkins,vegetables minimum  starch,fresh  meat with no spices with  granular  salt. 2. Every member  of the family had his/her own responsibilities. From a 6 year family upwards. A 6 year  old child should  take care  of small stocks like chicken and pigs.The main responsibilities  are giving  those  animals food and water  twice  per day. The child must report the progress  daily. Usually,the parents will  be very if he/she does not get the report. 3. A 7-10 boy  should be a shepherd of not more than 10 battle/sheep and they should not be far away  from home. At least they must be  at "an eye" distance. 4.A 7-10 girl  should sweep inside and o...

I asked myself why the Bhacas at Eastern  Cape  were isolated  by the people who spoke their  language.I think their History may tell us. I was told by one elder  that  they moved from  South and acquired the Land.They fought fiercly to acquire  the Land. The  defeated People passed from generation  to generation.When Transkei got the fake indepence the Development Fund  did not reach the lands of Bhaca. When you move towards their places,you don't  find the clear  marked streets. Schools were built with mud. There  was no clinic.The Police station was found at Kokstad and later at Mt.Frere  which was supposed  to service more than 10.000 people. There were no jobs.Instead they created farming. The Youth underwent  Police  Training  like my father.So the youth had to help to keep cattle  and sheep farming where the women had to collect twigs from the nearby bush. The  water had ...