Ixopo
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Background
The town was laid out in 1878 and named after M Stuart, Resident Magistrate of the surrounding district, who was killed at the Battle of Ingogo in 1881.[1][2]Template:Rp Its name is derived from the Zulu onomatopoeic word, eXobo, describing the sound made as cattle squelch through mud.[2]Template:Rp The 'x', in Zulu, is pronounced as a lateral click.
The town is most famously described by Alan Paton in the opening lines of Cry, the Beloved Country: "There is a lovely road which runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it."[3][2]Template:Rp
Until the mid-1980s, Ixopo was served by a railway station on the Script error: No such module "convert". narrow gauge Umzinto - Donnybrook narrow gauge railway.[2]Template:Rp
Notable people
- Thabo Nodada (Footballer)
- Purity Nomthandazo Malinga (Bishop)
- Ray Zondo (Chief Justice, Constitutional Court of South Africa)
References
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