Gcaleka
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The Gcaleka are a major sub-group of the Xhosa found in the Transkei
area of the Eastern Cape
. Their counterparts in Ciskei
are the Rharhabe
.
The Gcaleka kingdom was founded by Gcaleka kaPhalo, who became chief in 1775.
Transkei
The Transkei , officially the Republic of Transkei , was a Bantustan—an area set aside for members of a specific ethnicity—and nominal parliamentary democracy in the southeastern region of South Africa...
area of the Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape
The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bhisho, but its two largest cities are Port Elizabeth and East London. It was formed in 1994 out of the "independent" Xhosa homelands of Transkei and Ciskei, together with the eastern portion of the Cape Province...
. Their counterparts in Ciskei
Ciskei
Ciskei was a Bantustan in the south east of South Africa. It covered an area of 2,970 square miles , almost entirely surrounded by what was then the Cape Province, and possessed a small coastline along the shore of the Indian Ocean....
are the Rharhabe
Rharhabe
The Rharhabe are a Xhosa sub-group found on the Ciskei section of the Eastern Cape. Their counterparts are the AmaGcaleka which are found on the Transkei section of the Eastern Cape.-History of the Rharhabe:...
.
The Gcaleka kingdom was founded by Gcaleka kaPhalo, who became chief in 1775.