Lesseyton is a town situated along the N6 National Route in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, approximately 14 km north-west of Komani (formerly known as Queenstown).
Lesseyton falls within the Enoch Mgijima Local Municipality and the Chris Hani District Municipality.
Almost all residents in Lesseyton are Xhosa speakers
History
Lesseyton was established as a mission station of the Wesleyan Missionary Society in 1847. The people were all Thembu, who mostly retained their customary cultural and religious beliefs.
In 1851, a war broke out between the Xhosas and the Cape colonial authorities, and many Thembus joined the hostilities against the colonial government. The Thembus at Lesseyton, however, remained loyal to the British and fought the rebellion as part of the “Lesseyton Volunteers”.
