Roedtan

Roedtan
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Coordinates: 24°35′54″S 29°04′50″E
Country	South Africa
Province	Limpopo
District	Waterberg
Municipality	Modimolle–Mookgophong
Area
• Total	1.00 km2 (0.39 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	98
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
Racial makeup (2011)
• Black African	83.7%
• White	16.3%
First languages (2011)
• Northern Sotho	41.7%
• Tsonga	20.8%
• English	13.5%
• Afrikaans	11.5%
• Other	12.5%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	0580
Area code	015

Roedtan is a small town in the Limpopo province, South Africa, set in the midst of the Springbok Flats. Roedtan has a rail road station 85 km (53 mi) from Polokwane. At the road junction to Roedtan stands a monument to the battle of Moordrift in 1854 when 33 white people were killed in a skirmish with the local tribe headed by Makapane. The cave, Makapansgat, is now known to record early hominid occupation (1,500,000 years ago) and is a national monument. The Springbok Flats is a reminder that great herds of Springbok once populated the plain, which was also frequented by lions and other wild animals.