Now there are those who wish to adjust or correct the recording of the past so those of the more deserving Dikgosi are given that title – although it does beat me as to how anyone can sensibly decide between the one and the other. In recent times there has been a significant, in particular push to get this title adopted.
One problem in doing so is with the Dikgosi of the major Tswana tribes being accorded the title and the others not. Yet another problem would be that the Head of State could, in theory merely be another King in line with all the rest. If this individual happened to be a commoner, an absurd situation would arise. The only solution, presumably, would be to accord the Head of State the title of Emperor, which again would be ridiculous. But if you really want to be confused by titles consider the case of the British George VI who was King first and Emperor second, or William and Mary who were joint Kings of England in the 17th century. I am not at all clear how such titles were historically acquired in Africa, either in Zululand or Buganda, for instance.
