Umtata is a small town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, and was formerly the capital of the Transkei bantustan. The town was founded in 1869 by its first Chief Constable, Richard Calverley. The Calverley family arrived as part of the British immigration plan with the 1820 Settlers in Port Elizabeth. Former President Nelson Mandela lives in retirement in his home village of Qunu some miles south of Umtata. The Eastern Cape is a province of South Africa. ... The poverty-stricken but beautiful Transkei — which roughly means the area beyond the Kei River — is situated in what is now part of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, bordered by the Umtavuma River in the north and the Great Kei River in the south, while the Indian Ocean... Map of the black homelands in South Africa as of 1986 Bantustan refers to any of the territories designated as tribal homelands for black South Africans and Namibians during the apartheid era. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The 1820 Settlers were several groups or parties of white, British colonists settled by the British government and the Cape authorities in the South African Eastern Cape in 1820. ... Port Elizabeth is a city in South Africa, situated in the Eastern Cape Province, at 33°58′ S 25°36′ E. The city is located on Algoa Bay, and is one of the major seaports in South Africa. ... Qunu is a small rural village in South Africas Eastern Cape Province, where Nelson Mandela was born, and where he retired after leaving office. ...