Kayamandi is a suburb of Stellenbosch in the 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...

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South Africa

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Kayamandi is located on the outskirts of Stellenbosch. Kayamandi, ironically a Xhosa term for “pleasurable home”, was founded in the early 1950s as part of the increased segregation during the Apartheid regime. In 1966, the nine biggest employers in the Stellenbosch district (among them the University, the city administration, several vineyards and a fruit packing company) joined together to erect 38 ready-made-homes, so called hostels. Kayamandi was originally built to house exclusively black migrant male labourers employed on the farms in the Stellenbosch area.

The principal language spoken in Kayamandi is the Xhosa language

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...

, a tonal language which incorporates the use of click consonants, although there is widespread knowledge of both English and Afrikaans

Afrikaans

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Schools in Kayamandi include Kayamandi Secondary School

Kayamandi Secondary School

Kayamandi Secondary School is a Xhosa-medium school serving grades 8-12 in located Kayamandi, Stellenbosch, in the Western Cape region of South Africa...

Makupula High School and P.C. Petersen and Ikaya primary schools. http://wcedemis.wcape.gov.za/ibi_apps/WFServlet?IBIF_ex=INERFINDN