Obituary for Kgosi Letlole Thobega

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Kgosi Letlole Thobega passed away last week. He was the longest reigning Motswana chief repository of the history of the Bahurutshe tribe in the Kweneng District.

His death spelled the end to his 76-year-old reign of Mankgodi village, and satellite villages, Fikeng, Tloaneng, Ramaphatle, Thaping and Mogonye.

Kgosi Letlole Thobega was born in Mankgodi village on April 6, 1929, 1929, the first-born son of Kgosi Monnye and Mohumagadi Mosadi Thobega.

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