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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 .
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.
Tshekedi Khama's regency as acting chief of the Bamangwato is best remembered for his expansion of the mephato regiments for the building of primary schools, grain silos, and water reticulation systems; for his frequent interest in the administration of justice in Ngwato country; and for his efforts to deal with a major split in the tribe after ...
The Water Act and the Tribal Land Act were enacted in 1968, creating the Water Apportionment Board and twelve land boards, respectively. These oversaw the apportionment of water and land rights by the state rather than through the ownership of each tribe. [229] Through this, they effectively subsumed the traditional powers of the chiefs. [170]
Tshekedi's regency as acting chief of the Bamangwato is best remembered for his expansion of the mephato (regiments) to build primary schools, grain silos, and water reticulation systems, for his frequent confrontations with the British colonial authorities over the administration of justice in Ngwato country, and for his efforts to deal with a ...
The political head of the department is the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, who is assisted by two deputy ministers. [1] As of August 2020 [update] the minister is Thoko Didiza , [ 2 ] the deputy minister for land reform is Mcebisi Skwatsha , [ 3 ] and the deputy minister for rural development is Sdumo Dlamini .