Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu
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Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu (26 June 1926 - 31 December 2005 was the 11th paramount chief of the Gcaleka
sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. Xolilizwe was an active member of the House of Traditional Leaders. His was the oldest son of Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu
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Xolilizwe married five wives who produced five sons and six daughters.
1) Queen Nogaweni
2) Queen Nolusapho
3) Queen Nozamile of Iqadi
4) Queen Nolitha of Ixhiba (died 1988
5) Queen Nondwe (née Princess Seziwe Ndamase married July 1979
)
Xolilizwe died on the 31 December 2005 at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria
and was buried on the 14 January 2006 at the Nqadu Great Palace near Willowvale
in the Eastern Cape Province
Gcaleka
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....
sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 10 April 1965 to 31 December 2005. Xolilizwe was an active member of the House of Traditional Leaders. His was the oldest son of Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu
Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu
Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu Bungeni Zwelidumile Sigcawu (1906 in South Africa - 9 April 1965 was the 10th paramount chief of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 3 June 1933 to the 9 April 1965. He took over the reins when his oldest brother Mpisekhaya...
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Xolilizwe married five wives who produced five sons and six daughters.
1) Queen Nogaweni
- Prince Ahlangene Sigcawu (19701970 in South Africa-Events:* 10 January - The South Africa draws with Ireland 8-8 at Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland* 21 May - John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa and Ian Smith, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, hold private talks...
) - Princess Bukelwa Sigcawu
- Princess Thobeka Sigcawu
- Princess Fila Sigcawu
2) Queen Nolusapho
- Prince Phandulwazi Sigcawu
3) Queen Nozamile of Iqadi
- Prince Zwelonke SigcawuZwelonke SigcawuZwelonke Sigcawu is the 12th and current paramount chief of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 1 January 2006. Zwelonke was born as Mpendulo Sigcawu to Xolilizwe Mzikayise Sigcawu and Queen Nozamile.-References:...
(19681968 in South Africa-January:* 10 January - Jacobus Johannes Fouché becomes the 3rd State President of South Africa-April:* 20 April - A South African Airways Boeing 707 crashes just after take-off from Windhoek en route to London killing 122 out of the 129 onboard....
) - Prince Simpiwe Sigcawu
- Princess Vuyiswa Sigcawu
- Princess Nontathu Sigcawu
4) Queen Nolitha of Ixhiba (died 1988
1988 in South Africa
-January:*1 January - Nordic countries implement comprehensive sanctions against South Africa and South West Africa which are intended to counteract apartheid...
5) Queen Nondwe (née Princess Seziwe Ndamase married July 1979
1979 in South Africa
-January:* 8 January - South Africa and Lesotho sign a monetary agreement* 14 January - Police clash with Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas on a farm near Zeerust, one is arrested while 6 escape over the Botswana border...
)
- Prince Nondoda Sigcawu
- Princess NomaGcaleka Sigcawu
Xolilizwe died on the 31 December 2005 at No 1 Military Hospital in Pretoria
Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
and was buried on the 14 January 2006 at the Nqadu Great Palace near Willowvale
Willowvale
Willowvale is the name of an industrial suburb in the South West of Harare, Zimbabwe....
in the Eastern Cape Province