Wednesday 21 January 2009

KwaZulu-Natal and Gibela

It's amazing to see how many variations of the spelling of KwaZulu-Natal one find on the web.
My last count was 12 yes TWELVE.

Seeing that it's back to "school season" in South Africa - I think it might just be a good idea to kick start the year with a spelling lesson.

The correct spelling is

KwaZulu-Natal

Capital K small wa Capital Z small ulu (all one word) hyphen - Capital N small atal

KwaZulu-Natal

Hopefully you can set your records straight ifspelt incorrectly in your daily going abouts.Meaning of KwaZulu-NatalKwa - place ofZulu - people from heavenNatal - Christmas (the day the Portyguese set foo on land in the Bay of Durban)So a direct trnlation would be - The place of the People from Heaven on Christmas .Gibela is the Zulu word to - "Hop-On" - to ride, to convey, to move.

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