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Makhado
Makhado was a king of the Venda in the Soutpansberg region of what is now Limpopo province, South Africa, from 1864 until his death in 1895. He led Venda resistance against the Boers of the Zoutpansberg, whose attacks in 1867 forced them to abandon the settlement of Schoemansdal. The town of Louis Trichardt was renamed Makhado in his honour in 2003.
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