In South Africa's Eastern Cape, Xhosa men undergo an initiation, after which they must wear formal clothing for six months. Knitwear designer Laduma Ngxokolo was dismayed that the formal clothes ...

Laduma Ngxokolo is taking his Xhosa traditions and creating an international business It is not every day that a designer showcasing at the Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in Johannesburg for the very ...

The Xhosa have a great antipathy to the British because the British gave them a few fisticuffs to put them in their place and it still rankles today. I doubt they would want to look like Englishmen.

For six months after they come down off the mountain, Xhosa initiates wear the elegant threads of manhood; this amakrwala wear can set them back wodges of wonga, writes Lin Sampson Khanya Mangweni ...

In South Africa, mention of the Xhosa language often brings up one of its most famous speakers. “One of the most influential leaders of our time was a Xhosa man, Nelson Mandela," Zolani noted.

Laduma's clothes are based on traditional Xhosa designs. In 2010 his project won the South African Society of Dyers and Colourists' design competition, ...