• Platfontein is a community located in an arid region of the Northern Cape Province, 15 kilometers outside the city of Kimberley. The community consists...
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    census for example, the overwhelming majority of the San community in Platfontein originating from the northern parts of Namibia and southern Angola opted...
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    Xun and Khwe settlement of Platfontein outside Kimberley and broadcasts in the two KhoeSan languages spoken at Platfontein (!Xun and Khwedam) Kimberley...
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    reprisals from their former foes. They were awarded a settlement in Platfontein in 1999 by the Mandela government. The precolonial history of the Northern...
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  • uplifting, developing and informing the community. 30 km radius around Platfontein (Sol Plaatje Local Municipality), which is approximately 15 km from Kimberley...
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  • post-Apartheid government bought and donated land for a permanent settlement at Platfontein, near Schmidtsdrift. Only Juǀʼhoan is written, and it is not sufficiently...
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    South Africa. In 2003, the majority of this community relocated to Platfontein, outside Kimberley, following the Schmidtsdrift Community Land Claim...
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    ǀUiǀoǀoo Kalahari Debate Matrilocal residence Original affluent society Platfontein Traditional African medicine The ⟨ǃ⟩ indicates an alveolar click, which...
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    107,920 Kimberley 383006 142.77 96,977 Motswedimosa 383008 0.86 7,240 Platfontein 383004 1.77 5,185 Ritchie 383007 23.93 7,610 Roodepan 383003 6.28 20...
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    against SWAPO. In 2003 most of the !Xun and Khwe community relocated to Platfontein outside Kimberley following the successful landclaim on Schmidtsdrift...
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  • resettlement from the Schmidtsdrift tent towns to a new housing scheme at Platfontein on the outskirts of Kimberley took place in 2003–5. As the owners today...
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