Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA A979-B-Bd-Bd3-Bd3.2
Title
Lekoko Montsioa vs the Union Government and the Mafeking Divisional Council
Date(s)
- January 1913 - June 1915 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
Extent10 items
Context area
Name of creator
(19th - 20th century)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondents:
Schultz, B J.
Schreiner, W P.
Subjects:
The dispute arose from the refusal of the Barolong to pay the dogtax to the Mafeking Divisional Council, the Barolong preferring to come under the direct administration of the Department of Native Affairs. They claimed that the imposition of the tax was a direct violation of their rights as given to them by the Treaty of 1884 May (Ba8) and the letter of Sir Sidney Shipyard, 1895 August (Ba13). Includes correspondence, summonses to the trial and evidence given to the commission by Chief Lekoko Montsioa, Stephen Lefenya and Silas Molema.