Senyawe: 100 years of existence
Friday, December 03, 2010
Amongst the invited guests was guest speaker and Assistant Minister of Local Government, Kentse Rammidi, who saluted the villagers for organising the centenary celebrations and urged others to emulate Senyawe villagers.
Senyawe Village is located in the North East District, about 5km east of Tshesebe, along Ramokgwebana highway from Tsamaya turn-off. Upon reaching the land, its leader Kgosi James Sebele, who narrated the history of their 100 years in the village, revealed that the inhabitants of Senyawe are Batalaote, a Bantu tribe of Bakalanga and Baswena group, from the Banyai ancestry.
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