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Mokopane
Mokopane 〔(Mokopane infosite ), googlebattle.com; accessed 27 August 2014.〕 (officially renamed from Potgietersrus in 2003), is a town in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The village Vredenburg was established by the Voortrekkers and renamed Piet Potgietersrust after the slain Voortrekker leader Piet Potgieter. The name was changed to Mokopane in 2003 in honour of King Mgombane Kekana who resided on the land and ruled the area before he was overthrown and killed by the Voortrekkers. It is home to Northern Ndebele-speaking people, English-, Afrikaans-, Northern Sotho-, and XiTsonga-speakers. Five kingdoms in the vicinity of the town are Kekana (Moshate), Langa (Mapela), Lebelo (Garasvlei) and Langa (Bakenburg).
There is an interest from the Northern Ndebele people (''SeNdrebele'' in the language itself) to revive their language, many want to read and write their own language. The SeNdrebele language is spoken by over half of the community members in Moshate and Mosesetjane villages. Two hours from Gauteng by road, the town acts as a getaway destination and as a stop-over for travelers en route to Botswana, Zimbabwe and Kruger National Park. The area is typical bushveld with many acacia trees and aloes, which display their beautiful blooms in June and July. The Mokopane area is one of South Africa's richest agricultural areas, producing wheat, tobacco, cotton, beef, maize, peanuts and citrus. The Zebediela Citrus Estate, 55 km to the southeast, is one of the largest citrus farms in the southern hemisphere. The area is rich in minerals with the mining of platinum, diamonds and granite.
==Prehistory and history==
The historic and archaeologically significant Makapansgat caves are situated 15 km north of the town. Recovery of ''Homo habilis'' habitation has been made at these caves.〔Nick Norman and Gavin Whitfield, De Beers Consolidated Mines (2006) ''Geological Journeys: A Traveller's Guide to South Africa's Rocks and Landforms''. Struik Publishing; ISBN 1-77007-062-1, ISBN 978-1-77007-062-2〕 Remains of ''Australopithecus africanus'' have also been found at the caves. The Arend Dieperink Museum portrays the history of the town, from the ape-man at Makapansgat, Bushmen paintings and early activities in the area up to the Anglo Boer War and recent times.〔(C. Michael Hogan, Mark L. Cooke and Helen Murray, ''The Waterberg Biosphere'' ), Lumina Technologies, 22 May 2006.
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