List of rulers of Rolong

List of Rulers of baRôlông

Territory located in present-day Botswana.

Kgôsikgolo = Paramount Chief

Tenure Incumbent Notes
c.1760Secession of baRôlông bTshidi segment from other baRôlông segments
c.1760 to c.1775Tshidi a Tau, Kgôsikgolo 
c.1775 to c.1785Thutlwa a Tshidi, Kgôsikgolo 
c.1785 to c.1790Makgêtla a Tau, acting Kgôsikgolo  
c.1790 to 1815Lesomo a Tshidi, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1815 to 1848Tawana a Tlhutlwa, Kgôsikgolo 
1848 to 1849Makgêtla a Tshidi, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1849 to 19 October 1896Montshiwa a Tau, Kgôsikgolo 
1896 to 1903Bêsêlê I a Montshiwa, acting Kgôsikgolo
(Wessels)
 
1903 to 1911Badirile a Montshiwa, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1911 to 1915Lekôkô a Marumolwa, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1915 to 1917Joshua a Molêma, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1917 to 1919Bakolopang a Montshiwa, acting Kgôsikgolo 
1919 to 1954Letlamoreng I a Kebalepile, Kgôsikgolo
(a Montshiwa)
 
1954 to 19??Tiêgo Tawana a Selere, acting Kgôsikgolo 
19?? to 1970Kebalepile a Lothlamoreng, Kgôsikgolo
(Kebalepile Montshiwa)
 
1970 to 1977Bêsêlê II, Kgôsikgolo
(Besele Montshiwa)
1st Term
1977 to 1982R. Motlhatledi, Kgôsikgolo, Tribal Authority 
1982 to 17 June 2001Bêsêlê II, Kgôsikgolo
(Besele Montshiwa)
2nd Term
23 February 2002 to presentLetlamoreng II, Kgôsikgolo
(Letlamoreng Montshiwa)
 

Sources

At this point the Barolong found themselves separated by the Botswana - South Africa border. There are other Barolong in South Africa with different leaders but emanating from the same ancestry.

See also

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