A number of units of measurement were used in South Africa to measure quantities like length, mass, capacity, etc. The metric system was adopted in 1970 in South Africa.
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System before metric system
British and old Dutch systems were used.
Length
One elle was equal to 0.685 m.
Mass
One bundle was equal to 0.317 5 kg.
Area
One morgen was equal to 85 000 m2.
Capacity
Several units were used. Some units are provided below:
1 gantang = 9.2 l
1 balli = 5 gantang
1 muid = 109.1 l
1 legger = 516 l
1 kanne = 1/388 legger
1 ahm = 1/4 legger.
References
South African units of measurement Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA