Kgosi Mark Mosielele was handing over the baton to his son Curty Kebinatshwene Mosielele after leading the Bahurutshe ba-ga-Manyana for 59 years. He has been Kgosi since 1951, and the fondness with which his people regard him is captured in their stories as they talk about him. The event created an opportunity for some to share their hilarious recollections of the Kgosi's life.
In his short rendition Agisanyang Kgoadi left the crowd in stitches when he reminded the morafe about the chief's demand for clarity and how he would always scorn the ambiguous. In this particular case the Kgosi was presiding over a case where he asked the accused what his name was, to which the young man responded "Ke Maswe" which the Kgosi understood to be a boastful statement meaning: "I am ugly" or in slang, "I am dangerous". In anger he told the young man: "Ke tla a raya basimane ba ba go tshwara ba go sebaola! ga ke a re o ntse jang, ka re o mang!" [I will instruct these young men to hold you and punish you thoroughly! I did not ask you what you are or how you look, but your name!". It is said the King's anger only subsided when he was informed that indeed "Maswe" was really the young man's name.
