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The Bamangwato (more correctly BagammaNgwato, and also referred to as the BaNgwato or Ngwato) is one of the eight "principal" Tswana chieftaincies of Botswana. The modern Bamangwato formed in the Central Serowe,Palapye & Mahalapye District , with its main town and capital (after 1902) at Serowe .
In 1989, out of concern over rhino poaching, residents from Serowe established a wildlife reserve with the support of Ian Khama. [2] The first four white rhinos were introduced in 1992 and the sanctuary was officially granted the land around the Serwe Pan, a dry lake, by the Ngwato Land Board in 1993.
Tenure Incumbent Notes 1780: bamaNgwato territorial establishment 1780 to 1795: Mathiba a Moleta, Kgôsikgolo: 1795 to 1817: Khama I a Mathiba, Kgôsikgolo: 1817 to 1828: Kgari a Kgama Pebane, Kgôsikgolo
Shortly after the lost-cow incident, Ngwato and his followers secretly left Kwena's village under the cover of darkness and established a new village to the north. Ngwaketse similarly moved south. Kwena warriors attacked Ngwato's village three times, each time pushing Ngwato and his followers (now known as the Bamangwato) further northward.
During its proceedings, the commission discovered that the minister of agriculture, Daniel Kwelagobe, had circumvented the land board by requesting that Vice-President Mmusi use his office as Minister of Local Government, Lands and Housing to acquire the lands for him. Mmusi then directed the land board to accept the request against procedure.
The Tribal Land Act is passed, moving power over land allocation from the kgosis to land boards. [1]: xxxiii 1969 Bathoen II leaves the Botswana Democratic Party and resigns his status as kgosi of the Ngwaketse to join the Botswana National Front. [1]: xxxiii 23 June – The Debswana mining company is established. [1]: xxxiii
Three brothers, Kwena, Ngwaketse and Ngwato, broke away from their father, Chief Malope, to establish their own tribes in Molepolole, Kanye and Serowe, probably in response to drought and expanding populations in search of pasture and arable land. [20] The principal Tswana tribes are the: Kwena tribe; Mangwato tribe; Bangwaketse; Rolong tribe ...
The Ngwato tribe rebelled against Seretse's banishment. [147] ... and a land board tribunal was created to hear appeals of land board decisions in 1995. [273]