The Great Petition

Monday, July 08, 2019

In our last episode we observed that the initial protests of Dikgosi Bathoen II and Tshekedi Khama, along with the emergence of rising BoSebele agitation within Kweneng convinced Rey that Kgari should be quickly enthroned as a full Chief.

Thus it was that on September 1, 1931 Kebohula placed a leopard skin on Kgari’s shoulders in ceremony designed to signify his assumption of bogosi.

Even the British, however, continued to have doubts about Kgari’s legal status as Chief given his appointment as Acting Chief coupled with the fact that Sebele had been banished but not legally charged much less deposed.

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The Great Petition

In our last episode we observed that the initial protests of Dikgosi Bathoen II and Tshekedi Khama, along with the emergence of rising BoSebele agitation within Kweneng convinced Rey that Kgari should be quickly enthroned as a full Chief.

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