Vukani
Encyclopedia
The Vukani is a local weekly newspaper distributed to the township areas of Cape Town
, Western Cape
, South Africa
. It is written in Xhosa
and English
. Vukani means Wake up in both the isiZulu and isiXhosa languages. It covers items of interest to large communities in Khayelitsha
, Langa
, Nyanga
and Gugulethu.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, Western Cape
Western Cape
The Western Cape is a province in the south west of South Africa. The capital is Cape Town. Prior to 1994, the region that now forms the Western Cape was part of the much larger Cape Province...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It is written in Xhosa
Xhosa language
Xhosa is one of the official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is spoken by approximately 7.9 million people, or about 18% of the South African population. Like most Bantu languages, Xhosa is a tonal language, that is, the same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meanings when said...
and English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. Vukani means Wake up in both the isiZulu and isiXhosa languages. It covers items of interest to large communities in Khayelitsha
Khayelitsha
Khayelitsha is a partially informal township in Western Cape, South Africa, located on the Cape Flats in the City of Cape Town. The name is Xhosa for New Home...
, Langa
Langa
Langa may mean:*Langa, Estonia, a village in Padise Commune, Harju County, Estonia*Langa, Greece, a village in the southern part of Kastoria*Langa, Cape Town, the oldest township in Cape Town, South Africa...
, Nyanga
Nyanga
Nyanga may mean:*Nyanga Province, of Gabon*Nyanga, Gabon, a place in the province of Nyanga in Gabon*Nyanga River, in Gabon and Congo*Nyanga, Zimbabwe, a town*Nyanga National Park in Zimbabwe*Nyanga, Cape Town, a township in South Africa...
and Gugulethu.