Traditional housing
Traditional South African houses are made from materials you can find anywhere.
Zulu Hut
Zulu huts are made using mostly traditional materials; common thatch grass hyparrhania hirta, black wattle Acacia mearnsii (saplings for the hut walls) Natal fig Ficus natalensis bark for tying material, and rock alder Canthium mundanium for the pole support.
The floor is made of concrete.
Zulu huts are made using mostly traditional materials; common thatch grass hyparrhania hirta, black wattle Acacia mearnsii (saplings for the hut walls) Natal fig Ficus natalensis bark for tying material, and rock alder Canthium mundanium for the pole support.
The floor is made of concrete.
Straw Hut
A Straw Hut has mud around the house which works as a glue to stick straws on the roof. The outside of the hut is made by mixing mud and cattle dung into bricks and then it is left to harden in the sun.
A Straw Hut has mud around the house which works as a glue to stick straws on the roof. The outside of the hut is made by mixing mud and cattle dung into bricks and then it is left to harden in the sun.
Rondavel
The Rondavel walls are usually made out of stones.The mortar is sometimes made out of sand, soil, or combinations of these, mixed with cow dung. The floor of a traditional rondavel is finished with a dung mixture to make it hard and smooth. The main roofing of a rondavel are spars or poles taken from tree limbs (called gumpoles these days), which have been harvested and cut to length.The roof covering is of thatch that is sewn to the poles with grass rope. Rondavels are mostly found in South Africa Lesotho, Swazi Land, Botswana, and others.
The Rondavel walls are usually made out of stones.The mortar is sometimes made out of sand, soil, or combinations of these, mixed with cow dung. The floor of a traditional rondavel is finished with a dung mixture to make it hard and smooth. The main roofing of a rondavel are spars or poles taken from tree limbs (called gumpoles these days), which have been harvested and cut to length.The roof covering is of thatch that is sewn to the poles with grass rope. Rondavels are mostly found in South Africa Lesotho, Swazi Land, Botswana, and others.
Modern South African Houses
South Africa doesn't just have huts they also have really cool houses.