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Section 5(a) Black polities could be constituted, adjusted or removed by
the Governor General 434 . These provisions resulted in another major
requirement before the purchase of a farm is approved by the minister:
that Blacks should be constituted into “tribes” or “tribal entities” under
recognised chiefs before their applications for the purchase of farms
could be approved. This is a further manifestation of an imposed form of
identity creation in which the state uses its power to impose its values 435
upon communities.
The constitution of farm purchasers into “tribes” and “tribal entities”
resulted in the creation of new identities. In the Makgabeng areas, people
who came from different polities in areas such as Ga-Mamabolo, Ga-
Dikgale, Botlokwa and Moletji, found those who were born in the
Makgabeng area, came together in order to buy various farms. Almost
each and every farm in the Makgabeng area was purchased by people of
different origins as they were required by law to form themselves into
“tribes” or “tribal entities.” For instance, of the 93 Blacks who came
together to purchase the two farms, Early Dawn and Millstream, 71 were
the Bakone, 6 were Bahananwa, 9 were the Bakwena, 4 were “Molima”,
434 Ibid, Section 5.
435 J. Muller et al, Challenges of Globalisation, p. 116.
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