ABSTRACT
The 1946 census returns give the Native population of the Kgatla Reserve es 20,111 (of whom 2,018 were outside the Protectorate on the day of the census). In the preliminary returns, the component “sub-tribes” are listed as follows: Kgatla 16,566 Kaa 1,004 Tlôkwa 638 Kgalagadi 315 Ndebele 304 Rasesa 275 Ngwato 257 Sarwa 215 Damara 100
