ABSTRACT
The 1946 census returns give the Native population of the Kwena Reserve as 39,826 (of whom 2,046 were outside the Protectorate on the day of the census). The principal “tribes and 53sub-tribes” were listed as follows: Kwena 24,551 Kgatla 5,663 Malete 3,335 Hurutshe 2,047 Kgalagadi 1,373
