Setlagole

Setlagole (Serolong)
Se tla a gola
Setlagole (Serolong) is located in North West (South African province)
Setlagole (Serolong)
Setlagole (Serolong)
Setlagole (Serolong) is located in South Africa
Setlagole (Serolong)
Setlagole (Serolong)
Coordinates: 26°17′13″S 25°07′01″E / 26.287°S 25.117°E / -26.287; 25.117
CountrySouth Africa
ProvinceNorth West
MunicipalityRatlou
Area
[1]
 • Total
30.78 km2 (11.88 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total
19,452
 • Density630/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
[1]
 • Black African98.4%
 • Coloured1.2%
 • Indian/Asian0.3%
 • White0.1%
 • Other0.1%
First languages (2011)
[1]
 • Tswana91.7%
 • Sotho1.9%
 • English1.7%
 • S. Ndebele1.2%
 • Other3.5%
Time zoneUTC+2 (SAST)
PO box
2773
Area code018

Setlagole (Se tla a gola) is a historical Setswana village next to the N18 in Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa.

History

Battle of Mosita

From Setlagole the Barolong and Bahurutshe launched their own hit-and-run attacks into the Rustenburg and Schoonspruit as well as southern Marico districts.

Thereafter, Setlagole became a staging post for raids on Boer farms in the western Transvaal.  A surviving Boer document records the loss of 287 cattle from eight Schoonspruit farms during one such foray."[2][3]

Megabreccia outcrops

"A 25 to 30 km wide magnetic anomaly within the >2.79 Ga granite-greenstone rocks of the northwestern Kaapvaal Craton is spatially associated with megabreccia outcrops near the village of Setlagole in the North West Province, South Africa. The breccia comprises angular to rounded ciasts of TTG gneisses, granites and granodiorites, with lesser amounts of amphibolite, calc-silicate rock and banded iron-formation as well as unusual dark grey to black, irregular, centimetre- to decimetre-sized ciasts that show evidence of fluidal behaviour and plastic deformation during incorporation into the breccia."[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Main Place Setlagole". Census 2011.
  2. ^ Ramsay, Jeff (14 January 2019). "The Battle Of Mosita (Part 1)". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  3. ^ Ramsay, Jeff (21 January 2019). "Battle Of Mosita (Part 2)". Mmegi Online. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  4. ^ Anhaeusser, C. R.; Stettler, E.; Gibson, R. L.; Cooper, G. R. J. (1 December 2010). "A POSSIBLE MESOARCHAEAN IMPACT STRUCTURE AT SETLAGOLE, NORTH WEST PROVINCE, SOUTH AFRICA: AEROMAGNETIC AND FIELD EVIDENCE". South African Journal of Geology. 113 (4): 413–436. doi:10.2113/gssajg.113.4.413. hdl:2263/16882. ISSN 1012-0750.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274325697_A_possible_mesoarchaean_impact_structure_at_Setlagole_North_West_Province_South_Africa_Aeromagnetic_and_field_evidence