DC32/NAMM/0016

Forced removals of black indigenous communities from the Park took place in the 1930s and eviction notices (Trekpasse in Afrikaans) were issued with a letter with wording similar to the following ; "The bearer, resident of Pretoriuskop area of Kruger National Park is hereby given 90 (ninety) days' notice to remove himself , his family and his possessions from the confines of the Kruger National Park and to seek residence somewhere". On top of the eviction notices, veterinary health authorities demanded disease control in 1939 with the elimination of all cloven hooved animals when foot-and-mouth disease became epidemic in the Park. This was followed by an animal mass slaughter when culling of cattle was the order of the day and animal carcasses were dumped into mass graves. This is the site of a mass cattle grave wherein forty of Chief Nyongane's cattle were shot by Park officials together with more livestock of his relatives. The Chief passed away in 1940 due to heartbreak about his forfeited wealth and the emotional loss of his beloved cattle...