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Leboko la Balete |
Leboko la Balete(The Balete Poem) |
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ma masodi-a mphela(mazulu a mampela) |
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"the real zulus" |
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A ga selala le namane letlhakoleng |
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di robaroba matlhakola |
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dia robile di satla go a lala |
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namane tse di naka di diobe |
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ere faere "gou!"di be dire "goo" |
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kgodumo...o e tshabele mogotlhong |
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more wa nare ga o lebalebelwe; |
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mutlwa gao tswane le lenaka, o |
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ka tlhomolwa. |
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mogatsa mmolaya nare o ya a batla seantlo |
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a sale gale. Barwa taola tsa mere |
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Barwa motlhana o tlhokile motsei |
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o jelwe ke magakabe le manong |
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Barwa kgodumo ya leselesele |
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==Sources and references== |
==Sources and references== |
Revision as of 09:32, 16 October 2008
Bamalete, or baMalete, is the traditional name of a Southern African Bantu tribe, that tends to prefer the modern name Balete
In Botswana, where they occupy a permanent territory since circa 1780, officially recognized as a tribal reserve in 1909, they are the only one of the eight major tribes that doesn't belong to the related Tswana people. They still have a traditional Paramount Chief, equally styled Kgôsikgolo. Today, BaMalete have settled in Southern Botswana villages including Ramotswa, Gabane, Otse and Mogobane.
List of chiefs
.... - .... Pôwê I a Marumo
.... - 1805 Mokgôjwe a Pôwê (acting)
1805 - 1830 Pôwê II a Mokgôjwe (d. c.1830)
1830 - 1886 Mokgôsi I a Pôwê
1886 - 1896 Ikaneng a Mokgôsi
1896 - 1906 Mokgôsi II a Ikaneng
1906 - 1917 Baitlotle a Ikaneng (acting)
1917 - 1937 Seboko I a Mokgôsi
1937 - 1945 Ketswerebothata a Mokgôsi (acting)
1945 - 1966 Mokgôsi III a Seboko
1966 - 1996 Kelemogile a Seboko (Kelemogile Mokgosi) acting
1996 - 2001 Seboko II a Mokgôsi
2001 - 2002 Tumelo a Seboko (acting)
2002 - Mosadi a Mokgôsi (female)
Leboko la Balete(The Balete Poem)
Matebele a mantsho aga ma masodi-a mphela(mazulu a mampela) "the real zulus" A ga selala le namane letlhakoleng di robaroba matlhakola dia robile di satla go a lala namane tse di naka di diobe ere faere "gou!"di be dire "goo" kgodumo...o e tshabele mogotlhong more wa nare ga o lebalebelwe; mutlwa gao tswane le lenaka, o ka tlhomolwa. mogatsa mmolaya nare o ya a batla seantlo a sale gale. Barwa taola tsa mere Barwa motlhana o tlhokile motsei o jelwe ke magakabe le manong Barwa kgodumo ya leselesele
Sources and references
[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Botswana_native.html World Statesmen website on political and administrative entities]