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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 .
The Ministry of Lands and Water Affairs (MWLA) [1] is a ministry within the Cabinet of Botswana.It is composed of 12 Land Boards, 41 Sub Land Boards, 8 Departments and 2 Parastatals being Water Utilities Corporation and Real Estate Advisory Council, being the Department of Lands, the Department of Town & Country Planning, the Department of Surveys & Mapping, the Department of Water and ...
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
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
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 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]
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.
Some of them live in Serowe; former President of Botswana, Festus Mogae, is a member. These have completely lost their Ikalanga identity, and now just identify themselves as Talaote or Ngwato, with little knowledge of what Talaote really means. Most Talaote tribe who witnessed the conflicts between their rulers fled Botswana for South Africa.