Lady Frere

This article is about the renamed town, Lady Frere. For the formerly named Cacadu District Municipality, see Sarah Baartman District Municipality.

Cacadu
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Coordinates: 31.703°S 27.234°E / -31.703; 27.234
Country	South Africa
Province	Eastern Cape
District	Chris Hani
Municipality	Emalahleni
Area
• Total	22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	4,024
• Density	180/km2 (470/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	98.3%
• Coloured	0.6%
• Indian/Asian	0.2%
• White	0.1%
• Other	0.6%
First languages (2011)
• Xhosa	91.6%
• English	4.1%
• Other	4.4%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
Postal code (street)	5410
PO box	5410
Area code	047

Cacadu (Formerly Lady Frere) is a settlement in Chris Hani District Municipality in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. The town was renamed to Cacadu in 1976, after amendments of changing colonial names in South Africa. Cacadu, meaning “bulrush water”, is the Xhosa name for the White Kei River, which rises in the district. ("Cacadu" should not be confused with the Sarah Baartman District Municipality, which previously bore the name Cacadu.) The town was established 1879, and became a municipality in 1900. The town was named after the wife of Sir Henry Bartle Frere, governor of the Cape Colony from 1877 to 1880.