Bamalete

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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.

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)

Sources and references

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