^ isiqe. 8 See “Judges Struggle With Their Own Conscience When Required to Ignore Conscience of Others.” Shi ya sa Joshua ya gaya wa Isra’ilawa cewa : “ Babu wani abu ɗaya ya sare daga cikin dukan alherai waɗanda Ubangiji Allahnku ya ambace su a kanku . ” Amma , wasu da suke bauta wa Jehobah suna faɗa wa tarkunan Shaiɗan . ( 2 Kor . Iphupha: Camagu, makube chosi kube hele. Ndicela ukulawulelwa iphupha. Ngonyaka ka2015 ndaphupha amatye esehla phezulu, ndaqapela ukuba la matye angayi dayimane exhakwe ngumnqamlezo omhle wegilasi. Phambi kokuba ndibone wona, kwakhokhela amathathu esehla phezulu, yangathi awela egadini elandelwa zizithonga zezandi ezothusayo. Engqondweni kwafika into ethi uYesu yabuya. There are an estimated two hundred thousand South African amaXhosa who are mostly amaMfengu descendants living in Zimbabwe since the late 1800s-1900s. The majority are found in the areas of Mbembesi, Fort Rixon in Filabusi, Kenilworth and the Motapa area in Bubi. It is stated that some of the amaXhosa living in Zimbabwe came from the Eastern Cape with Cecil John Rhodes as domestic workers and on wagons during the 1800s. Therefore, this thesis provides new knowledge about amaXhosa living in Zimbabwe and gives an analysis of the sociolinguistic and historical background of the amaXhosa living in Zimbabwe while showing how a cross-border language can survive against all odds. The subject of culture has been dealt with as there is a reciprocal relationship between language and culture. Ethnography and Oral History have been used as methods for this research. The findings reveal that land, culture, songs, religion, South African Xhosa literature classic books, technology and social media, as well as the 2013 Zimbabwean constitution, are tools that have played a role in the survival and maintenance of isiXhosa in Zimbabwe. It also assesses Language Policy issues as isiXhosa is now an officially recognized language in Zimbabwe. Drawing on various theories on identity, including Collier’s (1997) understanding that identity is divided into avowal and ascription, the identity of the amaXhosa of Zimbabwe has been discussed in this thesis with an emphasis on avowal as discussed by Collier (Ibid.). Among other recommendations, this study further recommends that a research that looks at the reunion of the Zimbabwean amaXhosa with their South African relatives needs to be undertaken. It also recommends that the teaching of isiXhosa as well as attempts to make isiXhosa the Language of Learning and Teaching (LoLT) in the amaXhosa primary schools and pre-schools also needs to be researched further.