Lady Frere

{{Short description|Town in Emalahleni Municipality}} {{About|the renamed town, Lady Frere|the formerly named Cacadu District Municipality|Sarah Baartman District Municipality}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Lady Frere | other_name = Cacadu | pushpin_map = South Africa Eastern Cape#South Africa#Africa | coordinates = {{coord|31.703|S|27.234|E|region:ZA|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = South Africa | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Eastern Cape | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Chris Hani | subdivision_type3 = Municipality | subdivision_name3 = Emalahleni | subdivision_type4 = Main Place | established_title = Established | leader_title = Councillor | area_footnotes = <ref name=census2011>Sum of the Main Places [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/283130 Lady Frere] and [http://census2011.adrianfrith.com/place/283131 Bhongolwethu] from Census 2011.</ref> | area_total_km2 = 22.1 | population_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | population_total = 4024 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_density_km2 = auto | demographics_type1 = Racial makeup (2011) | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics1_title1 = Black African | demographics1_info1 = 98.3% | demographics1_title2 = Coloured | demographics1_info2 = 0.6% | demographics1_title3 = Indian/Asian | demographics1_info3 = 0.2% | demographics1_title4 = White | demographics1_info4 = 0.1% | demographics1_title5 = Other | demographics1_info5 = 0.6% | demographics_type2 = First languages (2011) | demographics2_footnotes = <ref name=census2011 /> | demographics2_title1 = Xhosa | demographics2_info1 = 91.6% | demographics2_title2 = English | demographics2_info2 = 4.1% | demographics2_title3 = | demographics2_info3 = | demographics2_title4 = | demographics2_info4 = | demographics2_title5 = Other | demographics2_info5 = 4.4%  | timezone1 = SAST | utc_offset1 = +2 | postal_code_type = Postal code (street) | postal_code = 5410 | postal2_code_type = PO box | postal2_code = 5410 | area_code_type = Area code | area_code = 047 | official_name = }} '''Lady Frere''' (officially '''Cacadu''') is a small town in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town was renamed to Cacadu in 2017 after changes to the country's colonial names.<ref>{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=11 November 2017|title=New names, but no signs say EC residents|work=SABC News|url=https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/ec-residents-scorn-towns-old-names-signages/|access-date=1 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 April 2024 |title=85 towns hit with name changes in South Africa – and more are on the way |url=https://businesstech.co.za/news/government/766851/85-towns-hit-with-name-changes-in-south-africa-and-more-on-the-way/ |access-date=26 September 2024 |website=BusinessTech}}</ref> Cacadu, meaning "bulrush water", is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the district. It is one of the largest rural parts in the former Transkei.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cacadu District Municipality {{!}} South African History Online |url=https://sahistory.org.za/place/cacadu-district-municipality |access-date=2025-12-24 |website=sahistory.org.za |language=en}}</ref>

== History == The town was established 1879,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Erasmus |first=B. P. J. |url=http://archive.org/details/onrouteinsouthaf0000eras |title=On Route in South Africa |publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers |others=Internet Archive |year=1995 |isbn=978-1-86842-026-1 |location=Johannesburg |pages=209}}</ref> and became a municipality in 1900.<ref name="stan01">{{Cite book |url=http://archive.org/details/standardencyclop0006unse |title=Standard Encyclopaedia of South Africa |publisher=Nasou |others=Internet Archive |year=1970 |isbn=978-0-625-00320-4 |volume=6 |location=Cape Town |pages=517}}</ref> The town was named after the wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880.<ref name="Raper1989">{{cite book|last=Raper|first=P. E. |title=Dictionary of Southern African Place Names | url=https://archive.org/stream/DictionaryOfSouthernAfricanPlaceNames/SaPlaceNames#page/n267/mode/2up|year=1989|publisher=Jonathan Ball Publishers|isbn=978-0-947464-04-2|page=269|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

==References== {{reflist}} {{Chris Hani District Municipality}}

Category:Populated places in the Emalahleni Local Municipality, Eastern Cape