Imithombo eminingi icaphuna indawo yokuzalwa kukaCharlotte Maxeke njengeFort Beaufort yaseMpumalanga Kapa, nokho, kuneminye imithombo ethi wazalelwa endaweni yasePolokwane, njengoba igama lakhe lokuzalwa elithi Charlotte Makgomo Mannya kungumSuthu noma umPedi.
Lokhu kuhambisana nokuzalelwa kwakhe esifundeni saseRamokgopa kanti imithombo iyakuqinisekisa ukuthi empeleni umndeni wakhe wawuhlala endaweni yaseDwaars River ngaphansi kweNkosi uRamokgopa okwesikhashana.
Kungenzeka ukuthi indawo yokuzalwa kukaMaxeke yadidaniswa neyomyeni wakhe, owazalelwa eMiddledrift eCape Colony (bobabili uCharlotte nomyeni wakhe bazalwa ngo-1874). Imithombo ye-African National Congress (ANC) iphinde ibalule iPietersburg (manje eyiPolokwane) njengendawo azalelwa kuyo ezifundweni zomphakathi nasezenzweni zokumhlonipha.
Kungenzeka futhi ukuthi indawo azalelwa kuyo yadidaniswa nekadadewabo uKatie, owazalwa e-Fort Beaufort ngomhla zingama-28 kuJulayi 1873, ngokusho 'kobizo lukaKatie Makanya'. Kodwa-ke, njengoba uCharlotte wayengudade omdala, lokhu futhi kubiza usuku oluqondile lokuzalwa kwakhe umbuzo.
Kuyacaca emithonjeni eminingi, kuhlanganisa nencwadi okukhulunywe ngayo phambilini, ukuthi uMaxeke uchithe impilo yakhe esemncane e-Eastern Cape, endaweni yasePort Elizabeth. Ukuthi wabhala ngesiXhosa nakho kuyakugcizelela lokhu.
I-SAHO ikhethe ukuhamba nemithombo ethola uRamokgopa esifundeni sasePolokwane njengendawo azalelwa kuyo njengoba lokhu kubonakala kungenzeka. Nokho, siyavuma ukuthi uMaxeke kumele ukuthi wathuthela eMpumalanga Kapa esemncane. UCharlotte Makgomo Mannya wazalelwa eRamokgopa eSifundeni sasePolokwane (Pietersburg) ngo-April 7 1874. Wathola imfundo yobufundisi e-Edwards Memorial School eMpumalanga Kapa ekuqaleni kwawo-1880.
Ngo-1885, ngemva kokutholakala kwamadayimane, uMaxeke wathuthela eKimberley nomndeni wakhe. Lapho eseKimberley, waba uthisha. Njengomuntu osontayo ozinikezele, uMaxeke kanye nodadewabo, u-Katie wajoyina i-African Jubilee Choir ngo-1891, futhi wavakashela eNgilandi iminyaka emibili. Kulolu hambo, uMaxeke wayedlalela iNdlovukazi uVictoria, okusolakala ukuthi wayegqoke imvunulo yeVictorian. Imithombo ithi lab' odade bebengakhululekile ngokuphathwa njengabantu abasha e-London kanti ngalesi sikhathi uMaxeke kuthiwa ubehambele izinkulumo zabesifazane abafana no-Emmeline Pankhurst.
Enethemba lokuphishekela imfundo, uMaxeke wahamba ohambweni lwesibili oluya e-United States of America (USA) nekhwaya yesonto lakhe ngo-1894 [eminye imithombo ithi lolu suku ngo-1896]. Ngesikhathi lolu hambo lubhidlika, uMaxeke wahlala e-USA wafunda e-Wilberforce University eCleveland, e-Ohio, eyayiphethwe yi-African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC). Enyuvesi, wafundiswa ngaphansi kwe-Pan-Africanist, WEB Du Bois, futhi wathola imfundo eyayigxile ekumthuthukiseni njengesithunywa sevangeli sakusasa e-Afrika. Wathola iziqu ze-B.Sc e-Wilberforce University, lapho ahlangana khona nomyeni wakhe, uMarshall Maxeke, owayefike enyuvesi ngo-1896.
Babethembisene umshado ngesikhathi bebuyela eNingizimu Afrika bobabili ngo-1901, uMaxeke njengomunye wabafundi baseNingizimu Afrika. kuqala owesifazane omnyama iziqu. UMaxeke wathonywa kakhulu yi-AMEC futhi ngokuxhumana kwakhe neBandla lase-Ethiopia i-AMEC yasungulwa eNingizimu Afrika. Waba ngumhleli we-Women's Mite Missionary Society eGoli, wabe esethuthela endaweni yasePolokwane (ngaleso sikhathi eyayisePietersburg).
Lapha wahlanganyela nomndeni wakhe e-Dwaars River, ngaphansi kweNkosi uRamakgopa, owamnika imali yokuqala isikole. Nokho isikole asikwazanga ukuqedwa ngenxa yokushoda kwezimali zikahulumeni kanye nobubha bomphakathi wakule ndawo. Emva kwalokhu, uMaxeke nomyeni wakhe basungula isikole e-Evaton eWitwatersrand.