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SRK Consulting 13Table 3.1.1: List of adjacent surface landowners and current land usesFarm Direction from PPRust Land Tenure Approximate land useOverysel(815LR)Zwartfontein(818LR)Blinkwater(820LR)Moordkopje(813LR)North, north-west Mapela Tribal land Rural residential (20%)Arable subsistence (60%)Grazing & rocky area (20%)North Mapela Tribal land Rural residential (20%)Arable subsistence (25%)Rocky area (15%)Grazing land (40%)North, north-east Mapela Tribal land Rural residential (15%)Arable subsistence (15%)Grazing land (70%)North-west Mapela Tribal land Rural residential (20%)Arable & grazing land (75%)Rocky area (5%)3.2 Historical BackgroundThe Mapela Tribal Authority (MTA) was established by way of Government Notice in 1954under Kgoshi (Chief) Johannes Masibi Langa. The tribal council was given jurisdiction overportions of the farms Knapdaar, Sandsloot and Vaalkop.The Langa Ndebele (or Bagamapela) of the Mapela Tribal Authority area, trace their originsto the Hlubi clan and the legendary chief, Langa, who lived in KwaZulu-Natal during the 17 thcentury. On arrival in their present location the Langa Ndebele group settled on the farmsBultongfontein and Zuid-Holland (at Mokgokong). Subsequently, the Langa Ndebele unitedunder Kgoshi Mapela and incorporated several smaller Sotho clans into the Langa group.During the early 1800s Kgoshi Mapela moved to the present day Moordkopje where he diedin 1825. In 1854 the Langa and Kekana were involved in clashes with the Voortrekkers atFothane Hills (Moordkopje) and Moorddrif. During 1858 the Langa moved to Thutlwane Hill(Kromkloof) where another clash with the Voortrekkers took place in 1868 (Pistorius, 1997)Some sources state that, immediately prior to 1830, the supreme chief in the Bakenbergarea was Kgoshi Bakebela. After arrival of the Voortrekkers around 1830, the area allegedlybecame known as Bakenberg. (See specialist Archaeological Study by J. Pistorius, 2002.)Kgoshi Mankopane of the Langa Ndebele died in 1877 and was succeeded by Masebe III.An internal succession dispute and subsequent split was followed by a period of sporadicconflicts between the Kekana Ndebele, the Langa Ndebele of Bankeberg (Bakenberg) andBOENG:\347793 Mokgalekwena 2010\7Reports\Draft EIR\SRK website - electronic upload\Appendices\Appendix I3_Socio economicreport\PPRust SIA Final (Rev-1).doc June 2002