The Langeberg Rebellion of 1896–97, also known as Ntwa ya Bana ba Mokgothu in

SeTswana Tswana, also known by its native name Setswana, is a Bantu language indigenous to Southern Africa and spoken by about 8.2 million people. It is closely related to the Northern Sotho and Southern Sotho languages, as well as the Kgalaga ...

, was a war of resistance waged by two

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groups: the Batlhaping and the Batlharo, against

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settlers in all of

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area of the

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. The Rebellion was triggered when the baTswana groups became suspicious about the intentions of the Cape Colonial government as they feared, justifiably, that they stood to lose land and were being marginalised in the growing market economy of the Cape. The Langeberg Rebellion consisted of a series of revolts between December 1896 and August 1897 against British land annexations in the

area. The Rebellion was led by chiefs Kgosi Luka Jantjie and

Kgosi Galeshewe Kgosi (Chief) Galeshewe, (c. 1840 - 1927), was a Kgosi, chief of the Batlhaping tribe, Batlhaping group in South Africa. He was an Anti-Colonialism, anti-colonial revolutionary and orchestrated rebellions against the Cape Colony government. The ...

of the Batlhaping and chief Toto Makgolokwe of the Batlharo.

External links

The last stand of South African hero

Luka Jantjie, Galeshewe and Toto – their little known story of courage and bravery in defence of their people, land and livelihoods

African Military History

References

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