Mount Frere
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Mount Frere, officially KwaBhaca, is a town located in the Eastern Cape province, previously known as the Transkei region, of South Africa. KwaBhaca is situated between Kokstad and Mthatha along the N
Main street of Mount Frere
Henry Bartle Frere
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Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, 1st Baronet, was a British colonial administrator. He had a successful career in India, rising to become Governor of Bombay. However, as High Commissioner for Southern A
Mount Frere
…village of the Bhaca chiefdom", or "place of the Bhaca people", who settled here around the year 1825. Mount Frere was founded in 1876 and named after Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere. In February 2016, Mount Frere was renamed KwaBhaca. Bhaca| AmaBhaca…
1881 portrait by George Reid
Henry Bartle Frere, by 'Spy' in Vanity Fair, 1873
Southern Africa in 1878, on the eve of the confederation wars, Cape Colony Transvaal Orange Free State
Pro-imperialist cartoon showing Sir Bartle Frere vanquishing the "negrophilist" liberals of the Cape government, represented by MP Saul Solomon.