Massouskop

David Massouw Rijt Taaibosch van Masusa (Massouwskop) was the leader of the last functional Koranna polity in South Africa. There was conflict with Tswana and Boer and Baster groups. Masouw died on 2 December 1885 during a final battle with a commando of the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. The town Schweizer-Reneke was established shortly after to commemorate the victory of the Boers and the death of two of the commando members during the battle. The Koranna community was captured after the battle and distributed among farmers as indentured labourers.