Like the Boland region in Western Cape, Border does not have defined boundaries.
The name of the region relates to the region once constituting the 'border' between the formerly Dutch and later British Cape Colony to the west, and the Xhosa Kingdom to the east, and was the site of a prolonged series of colonial wars from 1779 to 1879.
[1] During apartheid, part of the Border region was designated as the Bantustan of Ciskei, to which Xhosa people from the neighbouring Cape Province were forcibly relocated.
[2][3][4][5] The name has long been applied to sports teams that have represented the region in South African interprovincial competitions.
Buster Farrer represented Border in six sports: cricket, tennis, squash, hockey, golf and bowls.