Game Of Thrones (Part1)

Perhaps with an element of hindsight, it has been said that the death of the great Mokwena was accompanied by foreboding signs. A certain Rangwadi prophesied that the end of the dynasty.

Songs of doom were also sung. One of these, “Diremogolo,” spoke of a white man who shouted at the land and would come to steal Bogosi jwa Bakwena. Another song, “Rasekete,” alluded to impending internal divisions, its chorus telling of a kgosi who dies in possession of fine black and white cattle, which then grew grey and developed dangerous horns.