 Its relationship to the English foot was clarified in 1859 by an Act of the government of the Cape Colony, South Africa.It was used for land surveying and title deeds in rural areas of South Africa apart from Natal and was also for urban surveying and title deeds in the Transvaal.There were 144 square Cape feet in one Cape rood and 600 Cape roods (86,400 square Cape feet) in one morgen.