Most studies of the Tswana-Basarwa relations have focussed on the BaNgwato. This case study examines the Western Kgatleng, where a Kgatla family established itself in the Kgomodiatshaba area in the 1920s and 1930s. Initially relations with local Basarwa engaged in hunting and gathering were on terms of equality and mutual assistance, but the conversion of bush to cattel land gradually reduced the resource base for the Basarwa and they became dependent on working for the BaKgatla farmers.
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