Bakgatla Bagammanaana (Part 8)

But his neutrality was soon compromised by the growing cooperation between the Bakwena Crown Prince Sebele I and his Bangwaketse counterpart Bathoen I.

Following the remarriage of Gagoangwe to Bathoen, the Bakwena agreed to give up their claims to Moshupa. This jurisdictional shift resulted in the BagaMmanaana being pressured to join the Bangwaketse in their disastrous November 1881 attack on the Balete at Ramotswa. Relations between the Bangwaketse and BagaMmanaana remained cooperative in the year that followed.