SiteRecordings

The passage between Modimolle and Tjate Mountain is known as Sefateng. Merensky and his Christian followers used this passage when they fled Sekhukhune. This area is an archaeological site. A communal grinding stone and a stone cairn (seotlo) was found. These stone cairns have a very wide distribution throughout Southern and Eastern Africa and the East. They are associated with major routs along footpaths. Though their use has disappeared in most regions, they are still used in Bopedi. A traveller nearing one of these cairns, picks up a stone and some grass or leaves and puts them on top of the heap. This act will ensure a safe passage. In Bopedi it is believed that a brave soldier died at the spot of the seatlo (isivivane in the nguni languages).