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Umtata

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Umtata [ʌmˈtɑːtə]
n
(Placename) a city in South Africa, in Eastern Cape province; the capital of the former Transkei Bantu homeland. Pop.: 80 000 (latest est.)


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I travelled with the latest party of North East Swallows delegates, from Umtata, in the Transkei "homeland" where Nelson Mandela was born and brought up, to Port Elizabeth, where the legacy of colonialism and apartheid inevitably elicits a mixed response from first-time visitors.
Moreover, officials frequently complained to superiors in Pretoria or Umtata about various difficulties encountered in the collection of taxes.
WOOD, K & JEWKES, R 1998: "Love is a dangerous thing": Microdynamics of violence in sexual relationships of young people in Umtata.
 
 
 
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