Simpson, Graeme Neil2015-12-102015-12-102015http://hdl.handle.net/10539/19187PREFACE The central focus of this study is on the political and legal implications of the preservation dissolution of pre-capitalist modes of production. The literature to date has taken account of these criteria and related them intrinsically to the economic relations without actually developing this at a concrete level. In the case of the Fokeng an opportunity to do so presents itself, thereby both enhancing the notions of preservation and dissolution, as well as exploring the effects of this on a specific Chiefdom in a relatively understudied area of analysis. In addition to this, the study attempts to examine the functioning of the state, in its political role, found itself to be a haphazard and often contradictory process. This is done at the level of operation of Departments of State, an area of study, which despite this attempt, requires a great deal more analysis. The study is, in effect a work in progress and thus the areas which were examined were examined in as much depth as possible, to the exclusion of fuller analysis in other areas. The examination of the effect of missions in the area, was somewhat neglected, due mainly to the fact that most of the mission records are now housed in Germany. However, the in-depth study of the legal disputes, and the wealth of information in the Secretary of Native Affairs files, specifically in Volume 316 (15/55), warranted the fine focus accorded them and rendered up some fascinating data.enDissertation in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of B.A.(Hons.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Arts, 1981