Die ontwikkeling van Boesmanland gedurende die negentiende eeu

Abstract

This article investigates the history of that part of the North-Western Cape formerly occupied by the Bushmen (San). In the first section the author deals with the expansion of the Cape Colony in a northerly direction until the Orange River was proclaimed as its boundary in 1847. Against this step both the San and the Kora groups living in the vicinity of the Orange River reacted by raiding the stock fanners entering this region from the south. This resulted in what became known as the Northern Border Wars and which finally brought an end to the prolonged conflicts in Bushmanland. An increasing number of farmers settled permanently in this part, new districts were proclaimed and government control increased. Although this region remained sparsely populated, the inhabitants gradually changed from a nomadic to a more settled life style.