Sites

A cemetery containing approximately 26 graves is located on the Remainder of Portion 3 of the farm Nanaga Hoogte 299 which is owned by Mr M Mackenzie. The cemetery is not fenced and only certain graves are well maintained. Due to the dense vegetation surrounding the graves there may be more graves. The oldest visible grave dates to 1976. It is evident that the cemetery is used as a place of burial by the farm workers and their families living and working on the property. The graves observed in the cemetery are grouped according to families. Five of the graves can be associated with the Mpendu family, two with the Mtati family, six of the graves with the Magwadi family, eight with the Hesha family, two with the Menemene family. The remainder of the visible graves do not have any names appearing on them. Most of the graves have metal plaques as headstones with only one containing a granite headstone. Six of the graves observed here had inscribed concrete crosses as headstones. Many of the remaining graves have upright stone for headstones. The dressings on all the graves are sand mounds. While some of the grave dressings are orientated along the east-west axis, others are orientated along north-south axis.