Semotswane: a village in the making

FRANCISTOWN: Semotswane was one of the five wards constituting the village of Shashe.

According to the headman of arbitration, Kgosi Balemetse Bailaphuti of Semotswane, the village was originally one of the Bangwato cattle posts.  Because of its distance from Serowe, the Bangwato headquarters, the farmers at this settlement evaded the payment of tax.

The then Bangwato chief deployed Solotate and Gaseitsewe to go and reside among the tax evaders and collect from them.  The settlement later became a Bangwato village.

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