Batlokwa to unveil Gaborone statue

Speaking at a Kgotla meeting, Batlokwa chief Puso Gaborone revealed that the statue belongs to Kgosi Gaborone who led Batlokwa from Pretoria, South Africa, in the 1880s and later migrated to Lesotho before settling in Botswana.

"Gaborone city was named after the late Gaborone whose statue we will unveil around May next year. No date has been set yet but the statue will be unveiled here in the Batlokwa main kgotla," he said. Preparations are underway to set up a steering committee. Contributions towards the historic event are P50 by members of the public and P100 for dikgosana. The event will be a plus to the historic coronation that occurred in Tlokweng when Puso Gaborone was draped with a leopard skin earlier this year.