Libode
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Libode is a small town of 5000 inhabitants in the Eastern Cape
province of South Africa
. It is situated on the R61 road from Port St Johns to Umtata and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality
, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality
. As a small infrastructural hub for the surrounding rural area, Libode features a community college and a hospital.
in 1894. In 1903 the Transkeian Territories General Council was established, and in 1911 the district of Libode was incorporated into the council.
In 1935 some land in the area of Libode was annexed by the Government of the Union of South Africa and the then Transkei
government to develop the town of Libode and expand it. It was declared a Village Management area. Further land was dispossessed when the government implemented the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936. This was the subject of a successful land claim in 2009.
and Hluleka Beach (60 km away), as well as Presely Bay (68 km).
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...
province of 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 situated on the R61 road from Port St Johns to Umtata and serves as the administrative seat of the Nyandeni Local Municipality
Nyandeni Local Municipality
Nyandeni Local Municipality is a local municipality in the OR Tambo District, situated in the Eastern Cape of South Africa. Its administrative seat is the town of Libode...
, which is part of the OR Tambo District Municipality
OR Tambo District Municipality
OR Tambo is one of the 7 districts of Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The seat of OR Tambo is Mthatha . The vast majority of its 1 676 463 people speak Xhosa . The district is named after Oliver Tambo...
. As a small infrastructural hub for the surrounding rural area, Libode features a community college and a hospital.
History
Libode is situated in an area formerly known as Pondoland. Pondoland was annexed to the Cape ColonyCape Colony
The Cape Colony, part of modern South Africa, was established by the Dutch East India Company in 1652, with the founding of Cape Town. It was subsequently occupied by the British in 1795 when the Netherlands were occupied by revolutionary France, so that the French revolutionaries could not take...
in 1894. In 1903 the Transkeian Territories General Council was established, and in 1911 the district of Libode was incorporated into the council.
In 1935 some land in the area of Libode was annexed by the Government of the Union of South Africa and the then Transkei
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...
government to develop the town of Libode and expand it. It was declared a Village Management area. Further land was dispossessed when the government implemented the Native Trust and Land Act of 1936. This was the subject of a successful land claim in 2009.
Economy
Libode is part of one of the poorest areas of South Africa. Unemployment in 2008 was at 85%.Tourism
Near Libode is the Hluleka Nature ReserveHluleka Nature Reserve
Hluleka Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa that is managed by Eastern Cape Parks.- References :*...
and Hluleka Beach (60 km away), as well as Presely Bay (68 km).
Further Information
- Lat (DMS) 31° 31' 60S, Long (DMS) 29° 1' 0E, Altitude (meters) 770 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/SF/1/Libode.html
- In 1940, some Catholic nuns from the Motherhouse St. Ursula in Brig, Switzerland were sent to Libode, which is currently the UrsulineUrsulinesThe Ursulines are a Roman Catholic religious order for women founded at Brescia, Italy, by Saint Angela de Merici in November 1535, primarily for the education of girls and the care of the sick and needy. Their patron saint is Saint Ursula.-History:St Angela de Merici spent 17 years leading a...
group's main station in the region. Today they still run a multi-racial boarding-school. http://www.maplandia.com/south-africa/eastern-cape/libode/libode/education/mount-nicholas
- On 15 December 1998 the City of Umtata was struck by a violent hail and thunderstorm that developed two tornado funnels that wreaked havoc across the city and surrounding rural areas. The tornado left 18 people dead, at least 184 injured and damage to property estimated at many millions of Rands. ... President Mandela declared the Lidobe Magisterial district to be a disaster area in terms of the Fund Raising Act 1978. http://www.search.gov.za/info/previewDocument.jsp?dk=%2Fdata%2Fstatic%2Finfo%2Fspeeches%2F1998%2F98c28_umtata9811562.htm%40Gov&q=(+(dc.Date%3E%3D1998%2F01%2F01)%3CAND%3E(dc.Date%3C%3D1998%2F12%2F31)+)%3CAND%3E(category%3Ccontains%3Es)&t=RECONSTRUCTION+OF+UMTATA
- Nelson MandelaNelson MandelaNelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
opened Mngazi School in Libode in 2002. http://www.news24.com/News24/Archive/0,,2-1659_1156235,00.html