Taung

Taung, the place of the lion, lies in the country of the Batlhaping, a Tswana people whose lands extend towards the Harts River and the Kalahari. Their chief Molehebangwe ruled from Dithakong when an expedition from the Cape visited in 1801. By the time William Burchell arrived in 1811, Molehebangwe's son Mothibi had succeeded him. These encounters brought travellers from the Cape into a region with its own established centres and rulers.