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Chief Mopeli

Chief Mopeli portrait

Updated
23 Aug 2019
Chief Mopeli portrait

Summary

Chief Mopeli and his wife Treaty Mopeli were in exile since 1954, first at Groblersdal and latterly at the Frenchdale camp. Chief Mopeli was banished after serving a prison sentence for refusing to cull cattle and repair fences at Witzieshoek. At Frech
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South African History Online. (2019, August 22). Chief Mopeli. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148103

South African History Online (2019) 'Chief Mopeli', South African History Online, 22 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148103 (Accessed: 20 September 2026).

South African History Online, Chief Mopeli [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148103, (accessed 20 September 2026).

"Chief Mopeli." South African History Online, 22 Aug. 2019, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148103. Accessed 20 Sept. 2026.

South African History Online. "Chief Mopeli." South African History Online. August 22, 2019. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/B-0148103.

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