The Kaross King

Monday, May 13, 2019

During the 1920s the colonial authorities in Mahikeng suspected that Sebele II was at the centre of an underground economy. Much of their concern was focussed on his perceived partnership with Kweneng’s leading trader, Max Luis “Raphalane” Hirschfeldt.

Of Latvian Jewish origin, Max, along with his brother Adolph “Ranku” Hirschfeldt, had arrived in Molepolole around 1895, subsequently marrying into the local community.

By the 1920s Raphalane had established a lucrative business exporting of local game-products. Notwithstanding the 1899 declaration of the Ghanzi District as Crown Land, through the 1930s Bakwena tribute collectors continued to exercise defacto authority over much of the area.

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The Kaross King

During the 1920s the colonial authorities in Mahikeng suspected that Sebele II was at the centre of an underground economy. Much of their concern was focussed on his perceived partnership with Kweneng’s leading trader, Max Luis “Raphalane” Hirschfeldt.

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