ðə fˈɜːst nˈɑːn kˈɔːsə pɹəfˈɛʃənəlz tə sˈɛɾəl ɪn ðɪs ˈɛɹiə wɜːɹ ˈɪndiən dˈɑːktɚz wˈɜːkɪŋ æɾ ˈɔːl sˈeɪnts hˈɑːspɪɾəl ænd ɡˈæneɪən tˈiːtʃɚz hˌuː flˈʌdᵻd ðə hˈoʊl ʌvðə tɹænskˈeɪ ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z.
The first non Xhosa professionals to settle in this area were Indian doctors working at All Saints Hospital and Ghanaian teachers who flooded the whole of the Transkei in the 1980s.