Kayamandi is a suburb of

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in the

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province of

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located off route R304. Kayamandi is one of the developing townships situated in Stellenbosch.

History

The name means "nice home" in the

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, from ''khaya'' meaning "home" and ''mnandi'' meaning "nice". It was founded in the early 1950s as part of the increased segregation during the

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regime. It was originally built to house exclusively black migrant male labourers employed on the farms in the Stellenbosch area. In 1966, the nine largest employers in the Stellenbosch district including

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, the town administration, several vineyards and a fruit packing company united to erect 38 ready-made homes, so called hostels.

Languages

The principal language spoken in Kayamandi is Xhosa, a tonal language which incorporates the use of

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s, although there is widespread knowledge of both English and

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Schools

''Primary Schools'' *Ikaya Primary School *Kayamandi Primary School ''Secondary Schools'' * Makupula Secondary School *Kayamandi High School

Social Activities

There are many interesting projects done by young and old people of Kayamandi, such as Kayamandi Arts and Culture Festival. There are about 27 registered pre-schools and more than ten registered organisations such as Vision Africa, Prochorus, Lokxion Foundation, Legacy Center, Trust Center, Songo.Info, IMBADU, Kayamandi Business Development Forum, Stellenbosch FM, 'The Voice of eKhaya-Stellies'. www.stellenboschfm.co.za etc.

Sports

Kayamandi is a soccer loving community with more than 20 teams, most of them playing informal soccer. Well known teams are Kuyasa FC, FC Malaga, Lokxion Stars FC, Kayamandi Hotspurs, Barca Juniors, Mighty Five Stars and FC Twetwe.

External links

References

{{Cape Winelands District Municipality Stellenbosch Populated places in the Stellenbosch Local Municipality Townships in the Western Cape 1950s establishments in South Africa