Game Of Thrones (PartII)

To a great extent, the Mokwena in his latter years became a victim of his own success. In particular, his triumph in convincing the Boers to allow for open trade, including the flow of munitions, across the boundary between them and the free Batswana had the long-term effect of reducing the level of commercial traffic through eastern Kweneng.

With the emergence of alternative trade routes through the western Transvaal into northern Botswana and beyond, ox wagons began to directly link communities such as Zeerust and Rustenberg with the then Bangwato headquarters of Shoshong, in the process often bypassing Molepolole.