Inkatha leader Mangosuthu Buthelezi, former South African President FW de Klerk and Nelson Mandela after signing a peace pledge ahead of the first democratic elections in 1994.
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This history covers twelve decades, from the surrender of Boer guerrillas in the Second Anglo-Boer War in 1902 to the July 2021 looting spree and violence.
An aerial view of the Bokoni homesteads in modern-day Mpumalanga, South Africa.
Alex Schoeman
We now know that Bokoni Phase I was built as early as the 15th century – before the arrival of European colonisation or trade.
Bokoni terracing on Verlorenkloof farm on the Mpumalanga escarpment.
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As early as 1500 the Bokoni people created stone-walled settlements that demonstrate their mastery of farming. But today these sites are under threat.