BAPO 2

BAPO 2 is an ethnic village in the North West province of South Africa.

Other spokespersons say it was his son, Lotsane (Lozani) who, however, did not rule but Majaka (who Majakaneng is named after) who acted on his behalf.

The Bapô is derived from regiments of the Ndebele (of Mankopane/Makopane) who participated in a war between two Tswana tribes during c. 1670 to 1720.

They were sent to assist the Bakwêna Bamôgôpa and after the war refused to return as they have married Tswana women.

At least five chiefs and regents initially lived at Makolokwe (Wolwekraal) where Moerane rose to prominence.

After the Bathlakwana events, Botloko (another Chief of Bapo then), formed allies with Sebitwane's Bafokeng (who arrived from Basotholand) and with Ratsebe (who came from Kroonstad [Mokolamu]) as Mzilikazi was on his way to the Magaliesberg area.

After 1841 some Matabele led by Gozane appeared returning from the far north where they were chased by the Boer and Bapo were on their way back to Zululand.

He did not obey the summons but fled to the mountains with his sons, however, one of his sons, Moruatona out of fear of the armed Boers, sided with the Voortrekkers against Makopane, led to his father fled to Basutoland (Free State) with many of his followers who went to work on farms in Kroonstad, Heidelberg and Potchefstroom.

After the Senekal and Seqiti wars in Basotuland, Mogale returned and bought the farm Boschfontein from a Mr. Orsmond ‘because the kraals of his ancestors were situated there’.

The Bapô regiments Matlakana and Matsie participated with the South African Republic in the Sekhukhune War of 1876.

The Bapô is currently divided into two tribes namely Bapo 1 and Bapo 2, as a family dispute between Darius and his uncle Diederik Mogale in 1896 led to the departure of a part of the Bapô who went to live at Phorotlhwane (Bultfontein) near the Pilanesberg (Breutz.