Kagiso, larger than Munsieville, was officially proclaimed in 1920 then ex-miners and squatters on smallholdings on the outskirts of Luipaardsvlei erected the first corrugated iron houses. By 1950, there were some 3 436 people in the Luipaardsvlei Township, an area of only 47 morgen, until another new township, Lewisham, was laid out to the south-east of Krugersdorp. The town today houses more than 7 000 residents.
For the most part, Kagiso consisted of Tswana-speaking people who had migrated to the area from the old Western Transvaal, with a smattering of Xhosa, Zulu and North and South Sotho speakers, who originated from the old outstanding men and women, one of them being the Reverend Dr. Frank Chikane, the former Secretary General of the South African Council of Churches, and now Director General in the President's Office.
