This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference
Debby Bonnin (Department of Sociology, University of Pretoria)
The original inhabitants of the region around Komatipoort were the Bushmen. Their paintings they have been discovered under rock ledges, that date back from a hundred to a thousands of Years ago. The Town of Komatipoort came into being in 1887.