A short summary of the Cultural Landscape as found in the area of the Maremani Game Reserve.
By OJ. Kruger.
The landscape north of the Soutpansberg has always played an important ecological as well as cultural role in the history of South Africa. The natural environment of the area has established itself as an ideal occupational terrain for thousands of years and for many a people. The Limpopo river, as well as three other rivers in the area, the Sand-, Njelele- and Nwanetsetsi rivers have provided water, the fertile soil surrounding the rivers have provided food and the strategically situated foothills north of the Soutpansberg sheltered many groups of people and many generations. This section of the Limpopo valley have been utilised and cultivated from the beginning of mankind and today, the offspring of many great cultural entities live in the area and their ancestors lay buried in its soil. Cultural groups evolved, expanded, made war and disappeared in this area. The most important time periods in the history of South Africa are represented in the cultural landscape of the Maremani Game Reserve and surroundings.
“The most important time periods in the history of South Africa are represented in the cultural landscape of the Maremani Game Reserve and surroundings”
OJ. Kruger