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====Wars with the Bapedi====
The Bapedi wars, also known as the [[Sekhukhune|Sekhukhune wars]], consisted of three separate campaigns fought between 1876 and 1879 against the [[Pedi people|Bapedi]] under their reigning monarch [[Sekhukhune|King Sekhukhune I]], in the northeastern region known as [[Sekhukhuneland]], bordering on [[Swaziland]]. Further friction was caused by the refusal of Sekhukhune to allow prospectors to search for gold in territory he considered to be sovereign and independent under his authority. The First Sekhukhune War of 1876 was conducted by the Boers, and the two separate campaigns of the Second Sekhukhune War of 1878/1879 were conducted by the British.<ref>H W Kinsey,[http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol025hk.html "The Sekukuni Wars"], ''South African Military History Journal'',
Vol 2 No 5 – June 1973. Accessed 28 June 2015</ref>

During the final campaign, [[Sekhukhune|Sekukuni]] (also spelled Sekhukhune) and members of his entourage took refuge in a mountain cave where he was cut off from food and water. He eventually surrendered to a combined deputation of Boer and British forces on 2 December 1879. Sekhukhune, members of his family and some Bapedi generals were subsequently imprisoned in Pretoria for two years, with Sekhukhuneland becoming part of the Transvaal Republic. No gold was ever discovered in the annexed territory.<ref>SA History Online, [http://www.sahistory.org.za/people/king-sekhukhune ''King Sekhukhune'']. Accessed 29 June 2015</ref>