PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
The tribe was split by family quarrels into three segments 1827 and
re-united in 1853. Rulers
were...
- Kgosikgolo MOTSHODI, had issue. He died about 1770.
- Kgosi Legojane/Lekgwajane, had issue. He died vp
before 1770.
- Kgosikgolo MOTSWASELE I (qv)
- Kgosikgolo MOTSWASELE I 1770/1785, had issue. He died c1785.
- Kgosikgolo SEITLHAMO (qv)
- Kgosi Monametse, had issue.
- Kgosikgolo SEITLHAMO 1785/1795, had issue. He died c1795.
- Kgosikgolo LEGWALE (qv)
- Kgosi MALEKA (qv)
- Kgosi TSHOSA (qv)
- Kgosikgolo LEGWALE 1795/1803, had issue. He died c1803.
- Kgosi SEGOKOTLO (qv)
- Kgosi MOLESE (qv)
- Kgosikgolo MOTSWASELE II (qv)
- Kgosi MALEKA 1803/1805 (Acting Chief)
- Kgosi TSHOSA 1805/1807 (Acting
Chief), had issue.
He died c1828?
- Kgosikgolo MORUAKGOMO (qv)
- Kgosi BOBI/BUBI (qv)
- Kgosi KGAKGE (qv)
- Kgosikgolo MOTSWASELE II 1807/1822, born about 1785, had
issue.
He died 1822 (assasinated).
- Kgosikgolo SECHELE I (qv)
- Kgosi Kgosi Dintsi Motswasele, born 1810, had issue. He
died 1903.
- Kgosi Baruti Kgosi Dintsi, born 1842, had natural issue
by Phetogo (wife of Kgosi
SECHELE II). He died 1928.
- Kgosi MORUAKGOMO 1822/1827, died 1828.
- Kgosi KGAMA 1827/1834 (Ruler of one segment), died c1834.
- Kgosi BOBI 1827/1845 (Ruler of second segment), died 1845.
- Kgosi KGAKGE 1845/1853 (Ruler of second segment)
- Kgosi SEGOKOTLO 1827/1829 (Ruler of
third segment)
- Kgosikgolo SECHELE I 1831/1892, born about 1815, baptized
in
1848, married (amongst
others), (a) Mokgokong Kgari of the bamaNgwato,
she died 1880, married (b), Kwenayagae (married Kgosi MACHENG of the
bamaNgwato),
married (c), 1880 Kholoma (wife of LOBENGULA, abducted by Kgosi SECHELE
I), married (d),
Motshipi, married (e), Modiagape, married (f), Selemeng of the Kweneng,
and had issue.
He died 25th September
1892 in Molepolole.
- Kgosikgolo SEBELE I (by Selemeng) (qv)
- Kgosi Kgari (by Mokgokong), married and had issue. He
died 1895/1896.
- Kgosi Baaname Kgari Sechele
- Kgosi Tumagole (by Mokgokong)
- Kgosi Sebohiso (by Mokgokong)
- Kgosi Motswasele (by Mokgokong)
- Kgosi Motsatsi (by Mokgokong)
- Kgosigadi Gagoangwe Sechele (by Mokgokong), born 1848,
Acting Chief 1923/1924,
married 1stly, Kgosi Pilane of the baKgatla,
married 2ndly (while still married to her first husband), Kgosi BATHOEN
I of the baNgwaketse, and had issue, one son and one
daughter by her first husband, and two sons and one daughter by her
second husband.
She died 1924 of cancer.
- Kgosikgolo SEBELE I [nicknamed Matsuatsue - tornado]
1892/1911, born 1840/45 in Transvaal,
married (amongst others) 1stly, Gorileng, married 2ndly, Ikanyeng,
married (a), Macholohelo,
married (b), 1901, Bautlwe Matadi, died after 1911, and had issue. He
died 23rd January
1911 in Molepolole.
- Kgosikgolo SECHELE II (by Macholohelo)(qv)
- Kgosi Kebohula Sebele (by Macholohelo), had issue.
- Kgosi Kenalekgosi Sebele, had issue.
- Kgosi Edwin K.K. Sebele fl.1999
- Kgosi Moiteelasilo Sebele (by Bautlwe)
- Kgosi Sejaro Sebele (by Bautlwe)
- Kgosi Tidi Sebele (by Bautlwe)
- Kgosikgolo SECHELE II [Sechele Kealeboga Sebele] 1911/1918,
born 1875, married (a), Phetogo (div.1916),
married (b), Gagomakwe and had issue. He died 1918.
- Kgosi SEBELE II (by Phetogo) (qv)
- Kgosi Tumagole Sechele (by Phetogo), died young.
- Kgosi Mosarwa Sechele (by Phetogo)
- Sgt.-Maj. Kgosikgolo KGARI II (by Phetogo)(qv)
- Kgosi Padi Sechele (by Phetogo), had issue. He died 1929.
- Kgosikgolo BONEWAMANG PADI SECHELE (qv)
- Kgosi Kgwanyakgwanyang Sechele (by Phetogo)
- Kgosi Letlamma Sechele (by Phetogo)
- Kgosi Molaodi Neale Sechele
- Kgosikgolo SEBELE II [Sebele Kelebantse Sechele] 1918/1931
(deposed), born 1892, married 1stly, (amongst others),
Tlhalefang, married 2ndly, 1928, Susan [Susu] (Second
wife), and had issue. He died in exile at Ghazi in 1939.
- Kgosi Moruakgomo Sebele, born 1932, died 1979.
- Kgosi SECHELE III [Mack Sechele] (by Susan) (qv)
- Kgosi Mokgalagadi Sechele, married and had issue. He died
2000.
- Kgosi Kealeboga Sechele
- Kgosi Moiteelasilo Sechele
- Kgosi Kgosikwena Sebele (Regent) (qv)
- Kgosi Keineetse Sebele 2007/-, elected Member of the
Board
of Kweneng Rural Development Association
(KRDA), the Scottish Livingstone Hospital Advisory Board, the Kgari
Sechele
Museum and Bakwena representative at Debswana board.
- Kgosi Kgosimotse
Sebele, Senior Chiefs Representative to January 2002.
- Sgt.-Maj. Kgosikgolo KGARI II [Kgari Sechele] 1931/1962,
born 1904,
installed as Paramount Chief of the baKwena on 5th June 1931, educated
at St. Mathews College in South Africa, served with the Allies during
World War II. He died sp 1962.
- Kgosikgolo NEALE [Neale Baruti Sechele] 1963/1970, born
1916, died 1985.
- Kgosikgolo BONEWAMANG PADI SECHELE 1970/1978, born 1926,
Headman at Letlhakeng 1962; married and had issue. He died
January 1978.
- Kgosikgolo KGARI III (qv)
- Kgosi SECHELE III [Mack Sechele] 1978/1986 (Regent),
born 1934, married and had issue.
- Kgosi Moses Sentebile Sechele, educated at Bakwena
National School from 1965 and at Kgari Sechele Secondary School (Junior
Certificate), from 1975 he worked as a technician in the Department of
Agriculture Research Unit before retiring to take up the position of
Deputy Chief of the
baKwena from 1st April 2002 to 24th April 2006; he married Sarah
(MmaMosarwa) Sechele, and had issue, 3 sons and 3 daughters.
He died 24th
April 2006 at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone, aged 61, buried 1st
May 2006 at the Bakwena Royal Cemetary in Molepolole.
- Kgosi Jayson Sentibile Sechele
- Kgosi MOITHALI [Moithali Sechele] 1986/1996 (Regent), he
died
1996.
- Kgosi Kgosikwena Sechele
[Kgosikwena Sechele] 1996/2002 (Regent), joined the tribal
administration in 1979, retired January 2002.
- Kgosi Boaname Kgari, Acting Deputy Chief 2006/2007
- Kgosikgolo KGARI III [Kgari Bonewamang Sechele] (qv)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Mohumagadi
Gagoumakwe Sechele
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born
1973, designated Heir Apparent in 1978, sworn in at
House of Chiefs
in March 2002.