We left off with the February 12, 1918 installation of Sebele II as Kgosi, which occurred only days after he had arrived back in Molepolole from the war in France, only to find his father, Kealeboga Sechele II, on his deathbed.
From the beginning Sebele’s reign was plagued by internal opposition as well as British hostility, which in each case was rooted in the unsettled political environment he inherited, as well as perceptions of his own fitness to rule.