Bhisho, formerly known as Bisho, is the capital of the Eastern Cape Province in South Africa. The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa The Provincial legislature and many other government departments are headquartered in the town. Bhisho lies just north of the former provincial capital King William's Town. King William's Town, a town of South Africa, in the Eastern Cape province and on the Buffalo River, 50 kilometers (42 miles by rail or about 40 minutes' The town is also host to the longest international airport runway in Southern Africa.
Bhisho is the Xhosa word for buffalo, which is also the name of the river that runs through this town. See also Xhosa language The Xhosa (ǁʰɔsɑ( people are speakers of Bantu languages living in south-east South Africa, and in the last two The African Buffalo or Cape Buffalo ( Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovid. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there
Former capital of the Ciskei
Under its former name of Bisho, it was the capital of the former bantustan of Ciskei. A bantustan or more commonly black african homeland or simply homeland, was territory set aside for black inhabitants of South Africa and South-West Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It consisted of two separate blocks of land covering 2970 square miles (7700 km³ almost entirely Ciskei was nominally granted independence in 1981, although this was never recognised outside South Africa, and was reincorporated into South Africa in 12 August. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1099 - First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon - Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid
Bisho massacre
On 7 September 1992, this small town became the scene of what is known as the Bisho Massacre, when about 100 000 people marched on Bisho protesting for the dismantling of the Ciskei, which still maintained a measure of independence, and removal of Ciskei leader Brigadier Oupa Gqozo. The Bisho massacre occurred on 7 September 1992 in Bisho, in the nominally independent homeland of Ciskei in South Africa Joshua Oupa Gqozo (ɔupʼa ɡǃʱɔz̤ɔ ( 10 March 1952 -) was the military ruler of the former Homeland of Ciskei in South Africa The Ciskei Defence Force opened fire, shooting dead 29 people. The massacre came at a critical time when negotiations towards democracy were underway.
External links
- Bhisho is at coordinates Coordinates:
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