Tonteldoos
Tonteldoos is a village in Limpopo Province, South Africa, southeast of Roossenekal and 20 km northwest of Dullstroom, between the two mountains Steenkampsberg and Mapochsberg. It is part of the Mapoch (Southern Ndebele people) land seized by poor settlers in 1883 after the Mapoch War against King Nyabêla. Each veteran was granted 8 morgens of the land, the rest reserved for communal pasture.

The surveyor who measured the land the following year was named G.R. von Wielligh, and he was said to have named the city after the tinderbox (called “tonteldoos” in Afrikaans) he lost there. However, Samuel Smit had already named his plot that in October 1883, more likely after the local weed Haplocarpa scaposa (one of several plants popularly known as “tontelbossie”). The velvety back leaf, easily flammable when dry, was used to make tinderboxes at the time, and several species’ leaves continue to be known as “tontel.” Flint could also be found in the area.
Q134907
Limpopo
Concept
Q258
South Africa
LOC
Q12739584
Roossenekal
LOC
Q3041130
Dullstroom
LOC
Q7605882
Steenkampsberg
LOC
Q1972827
Southern Ndebele people
Concept
None
Nyabêla
UNK
Q717310
morgen
Concept
Q2373617
tinderbox
Concept
Q14196
Afrikaans
Concept
Q25614545
Tonteldoos
LOC
1883-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1883
DATE
1883-10-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
October 1883
DATE
+20^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
20
NUMBER
+8^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
8
NUMBER
country
country
country
country
country