Palapye Welcomes First Female Kgosi

Kgosi Martha Lebang
Kgosi Martha Lebang

PALAPYE: After a long wait since Bagammagwato chieftaincy approved the appointment of Martha Lebang as Palapye’s headman of records, the youthful woman of Boikago ward last week eventually resumed her duties at the village main kgotla.

This comes after the Minister of Local Government and Rural Development finally ratified Lebang as Kgosi.

The 44-year-old would go down the history books as the first female chief in the Palapye sub-tribal authority.

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