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Kgosi Tshosa remembers the village's early years PIC: ZOLANI KRAAI
Kgosi Tshosa remembers the village's early years PIC: ZOLANI KRAAI

No history of Ngarange is complete without a conversation with its 91-year-old unofficial guardian, retired Kgosi Tshosa Tsheko. Mmegi Staff Writer, ZOLANI KRAAI recently met with him in the northwestern settlement

NGARANGE: Tsheko, one of the oldest surviving tribesmen in the village, still looks physically strong although he uses a cane to steady himself as he strolls around.

Still energetic, Tsheko narrates how his parents and other elders from the nearby cattle posts in the Mohembo West region, came together to settle in what is now known as Ngarange.

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