Prehistory of the Pretoria area
… in order to escape Zulu expansion. Mzilikazi , a general who had fled from King Shaka's army, was the cause of much of … after his arrival, Mzilikazi decimated the Bakwena tribe, who had peacefully occupied the area. He also wiped out the … in 1840, were the brothers Lucas and Gert Bronkhorst, who registered the farms "Groenkloof" and "Elandspoort." …