Names: Chief Malebogo Died: 1939 In summary: fhief of Bahananwa people imprisoned for defending the independence of his chiefdoms against the Traansvaal Boers. Malebogo was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the Blouberg, about 110 kms from Pietersburg and close to the Soutpansberg Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were trying to change his way of life and refused to have his territory demarcated in 1888; nor would he have his huts recorded for tax purposes in 1891. Ignoring instructions to leave his mountain fortress, he prepared for war. On 27 April 1894 and again on 7th May, officials of the Transvaal Republic sent ultimatums to him, but Malebogo ignored them.
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