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Native speakers of Afrikaans comprise a higher percentage of the population in the Northern Cape than in any other province. The Northern Cape's four official languages are Afrikaans, Tswana, Xhosa, and English. Minorities speak the other official languages of South Africa and a few people speak indigenous languages such as Nama and Khwe.
The ǀXam [1] and ǂKhomani heartland World Heritage Site consists of regions located to the South and North of Upington, respectively, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The ǀXam and ǂKhomani (more correctly Nǁnǂe ) people were linguistically related groups of San ( Bushman ) people, their respective languages ( ǀXam and Nǁng ...
Vryburg and Mafikeng, in the north eastern extremity of the former Cape Province - and hence regarded as part of the pre-1994 "Northern Cape" - are excluded, being part, now, of the North West Province in the North. A History of the Northern Cape, properly speaking, would cover this recent period only. The different regional histories of the ...
At least thirty-five languages are spoken in South Africa, twelve of which are official languages of South Africa: Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, South African Sign Language, Swazi, Tsonga, Tswana, Venda, Afrikaans, Xhosa, Zulu, and English, which is the primary language used in parliamentary and state discourse, though all official languages are equal in legal status.
De Aar is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It has a population of around 42,000 inhabitants. [1] It is the second-most important railway junction in the country, situated on the line between Cape Town and Kimberley. The junction was of particular strategic importance to the British during the Second Boer War.
Campbell is a small town situated on the edge of the Ghaap Plateau in the Northern Cape province of South Africa.It is located 48 km east of Griquatown on the N8 road. [2] It was originally known as Knovel Valley and then Groote Fontein, but was renamed in honour of the Reverend John Campbell who visited the Cape Colony in 1813.
View history; Tools. Tools. ... First languages (2011) [1] ... Postmasburg is a town in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Location
English: Map showing the dominant home languages in the Northern Cape province of South Africa, according to Census 2001 at the "Subplace" level. In this context, a language is dominant if it more than 50% of the population in an area speak it at home, or more than 33% speak it and no other language is spoken by more than 25%.