Batho ba Balete

Morafe wa Balete ke morafe o o kwa Borwa jwa Aforika.

Mo Botswana di ntse di nna mo lefelong la leruri go tloga ka bo 1780, di amogetswe semmuso jaaka tshireletso ya tlhabologo ka 1909. Ke tsona fela mo merafeng e megolo e le robedi e e seng ya batho ba Tswana ba ba amanang. Ba santse ba na le Kgosi ya setso, kgotsa Kgosikgolo. Balete ba nna mo metseng ya Botswana Borwa e e akaretsang Ramotswa, Gabane, Otse, Metsimotlhabe, Mogobane le Modipane, gammogo le Lekgophung mo kgaolong ya Bokone Bophirima, Aferika Borwa.

Dikgosi

Phatlê (Wa ko Tlhôgô ya Tlou)

Malete

Maphalaolê

Mongatane

Maio

Kgomo

Mokgwê

Marumô

Pôwê I a Marumo

1805 Mokgôjwe a Pôwê (acting)

1805–1830 Pôwê II a Mokgôjwe (died 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–present Mosadi Seboko

Leboko la Balete (The Balete Poem)

Matebele a mantsho aga

ma masodi-a mphela (a mazulu a mphela)

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

Ka Lwetse 1, 2012 e ne ya bona tshimologo ya paka e ntšhwa mo morafeng wa Balete, jaaka o ne o tsosolosa ngwao ya one e e neng e sa dire sepe ya go simolola banna, Bogwera, ka fa tlase ga kaelo ya Kgosi ya one ya ntlha ya mosadi Mosadi Seboko. Gareng ga ba ba simolodisitsweng go ne go na le makhanselara a le matlhano go tswa kwa Khanseleng ya Kgaolo ya Borwa Botlhaba – ba le babedi ba phathi ya Botswana Congress Party, ba bangwe ba le babedi ba phathi e e busang ya Botswana Democratic party le a le mongwe wa Botswana Movement for Democracy. Go bidiwa ga mophato o mošwa ‘Matsosa ngwao’ (Batsosolosi ba setso) ke Kgosi Seboko go ne ga tsamaisana le meletlo ya ngwaga le ngwaga ya letsatsi la bosetšhaba la setso. Tiragalo eno e ne ya ngoka maloko a setlhopha sa badipolomate go tswa kwa Mozambique, Nigeria, United States of America, UK le Mokgatlho wa Basadi wa China .