The Fall Of Makaba :: Mmegi Online

Our previous instalment had speculated that, by the final months of 1824, Kgosi Makaba II’s infamous regional intelligence network must have brought him increasingly disturbing reports about the affairs of the Bakwena on his northern frontier.

In the aftermath of Kgosi Motswasele II’s execution on the outskirts of Shokwane, the once pre-eminent morafe had been weakened by division between the followers of Moruakgomo and those of Segokotlo, which was not resolved by the latter’s defeat in a battle at Masipiana. Segokotlo, along with his surviving followers including Motswasele’s underage heir Sechele, thereafter fled north to find refuge amongst Kgosi Kgari’s Bangwato.

Moruakgomo then settled at Borithe on the Ngotwane River, where he had little time to enjoy his victory. By 1824, the Mokwena usurper had relocated to Molepolole.

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The Fall Of Makaba

Our previous instalment had speculated that, by the final months of 1824, Kgosi Makaba II’s infamous regional intelligence network must have brought him increasingly disturbing reports about the affairs of the Bakwena on his northern frontier.

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