Mankurwane

Mankurwane was chief of the Tlhaping, a Tswana people, at Taung in the second half of the 19th century. In 1882 he fought the Korana chief David Massouw over land west of the Transvaal, both sides recruiting white mercenaries who were later paid in farms. He appealed to Britain for protection, and his country became part of British Bechuanaland in 1885.