Prehistory: Pre colonial farmers in Gauteng
… the Greater Johannesburg region until the Late Iron Age. Then, beginning in the 15th century, BaFokeng dominated … About 1800 years ago, Bantu-speaking people brought a new way of life to South Africa. For the first time, people … millet, finger millet, ground beans and cowpeas. These new farmers also herded cattle, sheep and goats, and so they …