The body was found by herdboys at the Tina Bridge near Mount Frere during 1995.
In the early 1820s, when settlers began to occupy Xhosa territory, Xhosa raiders sometimes accosted English herdboys to steal the mother-of-pearl buttons from their shirts.
He said he never dreamed that someone who had been a herdboy, labourer, freedom fighter, prisoner and exile would one day stand in such august company and receive an honorary doctorate.
The speaker said he felt exhilaration because this was the first time he'd been at ‘the inauguration of a herdboy as vice-chancellor’, referring to his humble beginnings in rural Eastern Cape.
I suppose I must postpone the rest of this until I can post again about my experiences as a herdboy.
When I was a herdboy we used to fight over nothing, for example the shape of the horns of your dad's bull.
He said herdboys walking along the Bashee River were alerted to the bodies by the barking of their dog.
In the highlands, where pasture is scarce, herdboys often spend months alone with their flocks in a mountain valley some distance from their home.
There was a young herdboy named Jabu.
Definition of herdboy in US English:
herdboy
nounˈhərdbɔɪˈhərdboi
A boy who looks after a herd of livestock.
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The body was found by herdboys at the Tina Bridge near Mount Frere during 1995.
He said herdboys walking along the Bashee River were alerted to the bodies by the barking of their dog.
I suppose I must postpone the rest of this until I can post again about my experiences as a herdboy.
In the highlands, where pasture is scarce, herdboys often spend months alone with their flocks in a mountain valley some distance from their home.
In the early 1820s, when settlers began to occupy Xhosa territory, Xhosa raiders sometimes accosted English herdboys to steal the mother-of-pearl buttons from their shirts.
He said he never dreamed that someone who had been a herdboy, labourer, freedom fighter, prisoner and exile would one day stand in such august company and receive an honorary doctorate.
There was a young herdboy named Jabu.
When I was a herdboy we used to fight over nothing, for example the shape of the horns of your dad's bull.
The speaker said he felt exhilaration because this was the first time he'd been at ‘the inauguration of a herdboy as vice-chancellor’, referring to his humble beginnings in rural Eastern Cape.