Bhaca language

YP: Good day mnt'omdala (old man) 0M: Good day cikicane (figuratively from small finger) YP:Tell me,what has made you live up to this age? OM: I respected my culture. YP:  Which culture? OM: One knowing my place when I was young and think like a child. Two.Our Adults were seen as leading us  because we knew  that they have better life experience than us  Anything more? YP:Yes. What if he or she claps you? OM: The harsh discipline was not our priority.It came when the same was mistake is committed. We believed that as we despised that person so the ancestors and God despised him or her so be the Kingdom. So,when you were clapped we were protecting our legacy. YP:What do you say about the present laws which protect the youth and women? OM: You see,the problem both men children and even women have lost the respect.So,the government is trying to bring that dignity. YP:Where should it start? OM: At family level. Money here is not important. What is important  is CARI...

If we trace the early formation of this tribe, we find that they wanted: 1.Identity 2.Freedom 3.Land 4.Economically independence 5.Better Life. All what I mentioned is what we all want. Although it is very hard in our life time. Let's take the early King Madzikane.He strived for 1.Unity 2.Progress 3.Protection 4.Growth 5.Strong family units. That was made possible because of strong warriors,fully trained which achieved unity. The progress of unity was  critical important so that the tribe should be protected.Through taking  multi wives,he wanted his subjects should do the same. The strong family units where each member  had his/her own role in the family from the Senior Wife to Junior Wife where the boys and girls played their roles too

As the area of Mt.Frere lack industries and the People are not working so therefore  there's no thriving business in the villages. The following careers are taken: 1.Educator 2.Religion Preaching (Christianity) 3.Informal Agriculture  4.Police 5.Warder 6.Manual labour like 6.1 Road maintenance  6.2 Labourer 6.3 Truck Driver 7.Builder Kraal Builder 8.Informal Job  1.Shepherd 2.Water carrier with Buckets 3.Grass Cutter for Fodder 4.Baby sitter 9.Potential Jobs 1.Dressmaking 2.Cobbler 3.Painting 4.Electrical appliances fitter 5.Radio,TV Repairer

The Bhaca Attire bore historical symbol and ancestral  lineage which include clan. Women wore apron  with beadwork. Usually  it was worn by unmarried  women.  We have an attire called Umbhaco found at Qhingeni. Under YouTube Saved  Makoti. You  will see an outfit it is called  Sunday Outfit. We have different outfits which fits the certain situations. It also meant certain  classification.  A King would  wear  a tiger handcuff  around the neck. On the shoulders of elders wore the tiny handcuff.Their faces were not covered. These clothes   indicated  a certain era, history,achievements as well as the duration of that particular kingdom.

The Population  increased in KwaBhaca. Unfortunately  there were no Jobs.Some People resorted to Crime.The recent killing of Gija  a Public  Figure, a Social Activist and a Businessman  is disturbing. There  are speculations. The  first  one is the  possibility  of underground  Comrades  of which the police must undercover  who  assisnated Gija. The Second one  are the Criminal Gangs called  extertionists ripe in Eastern  Cape of which so far the  Police do a good job around Umtata. We hope one day the Police  will find the  killers of Gija. However there  are Questions  which  we ask ourselves 1.Why did such a Crime did not exit? 2.50 years ago  people were  very  poor. There  was no Crime. 3.What made people  change  to Crime? Is it Media or Retired People who came fron other tribes?

I once visited  Mt.Frere  in 1990.By then it did not have industries. I don't know why it was called a town. What I found 1.Enormous  movements of People in all pavements. 2.The traffic  was very high. 3.The street vendors were allover. 4.Small shops  scattered allover. 5.Service Professionals and center like hospitals. 1.Enormous  Movements of People in all  the pavements When I looked  at those  People, they carried  bags,grain food,meat. 2.The Traffic was very high I saw trucks carried building materials, Food trucks, private vehicles especially  the vans. 3.The Street Vendor were allover Since Mt.Frere  was in the centre, it could be accessible  by different People with various types of transport. 4.Small Shops scattered  allover Small shops gave food,clothes  to the People. 5.Service Professional  It has a hospitals  with a Portrait  of King Madzikane  and Medical  Doctors

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...