TWO PRINCES

Previous instalments in this series have examined Sebego’s victories against the Makololo at Dithubaruba in 1826 and the Amandebele at Dutlwe in1833.

In the aftermath of the latter victory, Sebego was for the moment militarily secure as Mzilikazi never again launched a major expedition into the Kgalagadi interior. The kgosi, however, recognised that given his subjects needs, not the least of which being the need to maintain their livestock, prolonged residence in the central Kgalagadi was environmentally unsustainable.

As the Amandebele were still too much of a threat to contemplate any immediate mass return to the east, Sebego instead cast his eyes towards new opportunities in the lands to his west. He, therefore, prepared to move his headquarters to Monnyalatsela, near Ghanzi, while a segment of the morafe would remain behind at Dutlwe under a royal cousin named Diatleng

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