Heritage Cases

Tweefontein Coal Mine is the registered land owner of the farm Boshmansfontein 12IS and Klipplaat 14IS. Tweefontein Coal Mine is a wholly owned subsidiary of Xstrata South Africa (Pty) Ltd (“XSA”) group of companies. Professional Grave Solutions (Pty) Ltd was commissioned by XSA to affect the exhumation and relocation of these 22 graves. Refer Addendum B for a copy of the Landowner’s Letter of Consent. • TOP 5B Of the 14 graves located here, no Next of Kin have come forward to represent the graves and as such no written requests for their relocation were obtained. Despite our exhaustive attempt to identify and contact the family, we have no further information regarding these 14 graves. None of the graves have inscribed headstones. As such, it is assumed that all these graves are older than 60 years and relocated to until such time that evidence can be found to the contrary. Province: Mpumalanga Magisterial district: Emalahleni / Witbank 1: 50 000 Map number: 2629AA Latitude & Longitude: 26°3'22.6"S, 29°7'02.4"E Farm Name and No.: Boshmansfontein 12 IS farm Nearest Town: Ogies • TOP 22 Of the 3 graves located here, no Next of Kin have come forward to represent the graves and as such no written requests for their relocation were obtained. This site has an Anglo Boer War origin (1899 - 1902), as indicated by the headstone, and is therefore very significant. Two of the graves are unidentifiable (no headstone or the headstone has no inscription). One of the graves is stone packed and the 2nd is stone packed with an unmarked sandstone headstone. The third grave has a polished granite headstone with a granite border and belongs to Johannes Jacobus Bezuidenhout from Bethal, born 25 April 1864. He died in battle at Doornkraal on 12 July 1901. Despite our exhaustive attempt to identify and contact the family, we have no further information regarding these 3 graves. Apart from the marked Boer grave the graves do not have inscribed headstones. Hence, it will be assumed that both these graves are older than 60 years until such time that evidence can be found to the contrary. Province: Mpumalanga Magisterial district: Emalahleni / Witbank 1: 50 000 Map number: 2629AA Latitude & Longitude: 26°2'18.0"S, 29°11'08.1"E Farm Name and No.: Makoupan 590 IS Nearest Town: Ogies • TOP 23 Of the 4 graves located here, all the graves have been identified and claimed by the next-of-kin, the Mahlungu family. The four graves located here have both been claimed by relatives who gave the respective dates of 1937, 1945, 1946 and 1946. This means that all graves are older than 60 years. Province: Mpumalanga Magisterial district: Emalahleni / Witbank 1: 50 000 Map number: 2629AA Latitude & Longitude: 26°3'8.64"S, 29°10'45.16"E Farm Name and No.: Tweefontein 13 IS Nearest Town: Ogies • TOP 32 Of the 1 grave located here, no Next of Kin have come forward to represent the graves and as such no written requests for their relocation were obtained. Despite our exhaustive attempt to identify and contact the family, we have no further information regarding this grave. Hence, it will be assumed that this grave is older than 60 years until such time that evidence can be found to the contrary. Province: Mpumalanga Magisterial district: Emalahleni / Witbank 1: 50 000 Map number: 2629AA Latitude & Longitude: 26° 3'1.02"S, 29°11'1.30"E Farm Name and No.: Klipplaat 14 IS Nearest Town: Ogies