Saturday, December 7, 2013

Death of Nelson Mandela - Hamba Kahle Madiba - Flag at half mast Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa 6 Dec 2013

As tributes for Nelson Mandela pour in from all over the world, here at home people in South Africa are calling out to Mandela the words "Hamba kahle". What do these words mean?

The words are Xhosa words from South Africa 

"Hamba kahle" 
means 
"Goodbye, farewell. go well ...."


Madiba - Hamba kahle

Nelson Mandela is also referred to as "Madiba" 
Click here to see what "Madiba" means.

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