The Troika

Previously, we noted that in the face of the continued strong support by the majority of Bakwena for Sebele II, Molepolole’s Resident Magistrate, A.C. Stigand, became obsessed with the notion that colonial authority in Kweneng was being challenged by “an alternative government” under the influence of a “Hidden Hand”, which was his own term for an alleged cabal of Jewish businessmen whom he further described as a “dangerous power that is controlling the Chief and a good proportion of the tribe”.