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2. Some born on the veld, but periodically came to farms … but later
returned to the veld…;
3. Some born in the veld… took residence in farms, but often journeyed
to the veld to hunt and collect food…;
4. Some veld-born San lived on farms and never wandered away…;
and
5. New generation of San, born on farms, who have experienced no
other than farm life and did not hunt or collect wild foods.
Taking all the viewpoints pointed out thus far, the study of Makgabeng
indicate that the San in that area are not extinct, instead, they have been
“assimilated” and “intermixed” as “the strong survived and the weak adapted
to new circumstances…” 161 . With accommodative contacts between the San
and other groups which arrived later in the Makgabeng area, “assimilation”/
“intermixture” seemed to have been easier. The San biological features
such as phenotype and genetic remnants, are still traceable within the
Makgabeng communities up to this day. However, the only drawback on the
point is the denial to associate with the San by most of the Makgabeng
people. The San had been traditionally regarded as inferior race, and to
admit to have San blood in one’s veins, is taboo in Makgabeng. In other
words, many San descendants in that are deny this identity out of inferiority
complex. This is according to the theoretical proposition that identities can
be expressed, observed, perceived, conceptualised, or denied. In other
161 B. Barrow, South African people, p. 6.
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