major centres of this vast tract of the country. That Afrikaans was first language to two thirds of the people (the dominant group, at 52 percent, were ‘Coloureds’) could have been a significant further factor. Leaders who arose at this time in Kimberley included two future Premiers of the Northern Cape, Manne Dipico and Elizabeth Dipuo Peters. Post-1994 The Northern Cape as it is now known came into being in 1994. Boundary adjustments resulted in the addition of certain parts of North West Province. Premiers of the Northern Cape have been: Manne Dipico, Dipuo Peters and Hazel Jenkins. Resources on the history of the Northern Cape See: The struggle for liberation and freedom in the Northern Cape, 1850-1994, by Vida Allen, Sephai Mngqolo and Sunet Swanepoel, published by the McGregor Museum, Kimberley, 2012. McGregor Museum Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre References The Digital Louis Anthing Karoo