After the calendar reform that added January and February to the beginning of the year, September became the ninth month, but retained its name. It had 29 days until the Julian reform, which added a day.
All the three groups of the Bantu, San and Khoi originated in the north of Africa and migrated to the south with the Bantu being the first settlers in the Cape area in South Africa in 300A.D.he Xhosa were wont to use it in reference to all of the interior Bantu speakers who were sub-divisions of the Sotho people. The word may mean 'same or similar' or even 'together' as in the Setswana word 'tshwana' ; referring to many of Batswana groups who were considered to have similar origins. Tswana and Sotho....
The Xhosa people of today have developed from an early clan of the Nguni people. Their oral taditions tell us that the name Xhosa comes from a legendary leader called uXhosa. The Xhosa comprise a set of clan lineages, among whom the main groups are Bhaca, Bomvana, Mfengu, Mpondo, Mpondomise, Xesibe, and Thembu.