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== HISTORYHISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Batlokwa Community bought the Farm Kafferskraal 133 JQ (Mokopole) around the 17-century by 39 head of cattle. In the 1900’s the land was held in trust and registered in the then Minister of Native Affairs. It was later transferred to the South African Development Trust and then to the Bophutatswana Government.

In terms of the 1913 Native Land Act, areas that had been used as reserves were proclaimed as scheduled areas allocated for black settlement only. Black people could not purchase land outside the scheduled areas unless approved by the Minister. The racial law practiced those years left the claimants no choice but to leave when the whites told them to leave.

The forceful removal occurred around 1914 when a white man known as Nkafore chased them away from Kafferskraal. With their chief some went to Bethanie while others went to Mogajane where they are still residing. The

people who were chased away were not willing to be farm workers. The Batlokwa ba Morare were the owners of the land with the Minister as Trustee.

During the in loco inspection by the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Affairs Commission on Restitution of Land Rights on 1 March 2005 a graveyard was sighted and an elbow human bone had surfaced in one of the unmarked graves. One marked grave (tombstone of Amanta Tshepe – with a date as 17 July 1944 was identified. Other natural features such as a well and natural boundaries were identified during the inspection.

Batlokwa Ba Morare have regained the farm in terms of the Restitution of Land Rights Act 22 of 1994 and reverted back to its original name MOKOPOLE. Four families own it jointly – Mahuma, Matau, Tlhapane and Tshepe.

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