MAUN: Kgosi Kegaisamang Ramokwena has died of Covid-19 related complications.
The late Kgosi has been described as a generous people’s person, a disciplinarian and a character of note whose shoes might not be easy to fill.
Family spokesperson and uncle of the deceased, prominent businessman John Wellio said in an interview with this publication that the family received news of his demise with utmost shock as it was a sudden death.
He noted that Ramokwena, also a church Reverend at the United Congregational Church of Southern Africa (UCCSA) was admitted at Maun’s Letsholathebe Memorial Hospital on Saturday where he tested positive for Covid-19.
Sir Ketumile teaching hospital in Gaborone which admits severe cases of COVID-19 is said to have been too full to admit the now late Reverend Kgosi Kegaisamang Ramokwena of Maun this past weekend. The 70-year-old Ramokwena who was a representative of Maun Region in Ntlo ya Dikgosi (House of Chiefs) succumbed to Covid-19 on February […]
ACCUSED: Thato Mantswe
Having spent the last four months behind bars, suspected killer, Thato Mantswe was given his freedom on Friday after it was ruled he was mentally fit for bail.
The 37-year-old made headlines back in September when he was charged with the brutal murder of his ex-fiancé, Thelma Oageng.
The 30-year-old Ntlo ya Dikgosi administration officer’s decomposed body was found in the boot of her car, abandoned by the side of the road on the outskirts of Mochudi.
In Mantswe’s previous appearances before Extension II Magistrates Court, the presiding Magistrate, Kamogelo Mmesi, stressed she could not consider bail without a psychiatric report confirming it was safe to do so.
TASK FORCE DEPUTY COORDINATOR: Prof. Mosepele
While Covid-19 positive infections continue to spiral out of control, it remains unclear as to when the vaccine programme would be rolled out in the country.
This was revealed by the Deputy Coordinator of the Presidential Covid-19 Task Force; Professor Mosepele Mosepele this week, saying he could not state the date when the vaccine would be made available to the public.
Mosepele was briefing members of Ntlo ya Dikgosi on Wednesday morning in Gaborone who wanted to know from the Task Force when the country would have access to the Covid-19 vaccine.
Explaining to the Chiefs the process of registering for the vaccine, Mosepele said Botswana had initially registered for the COVAX programme.
E seng mo go Kgosikgoloâ â not on our
kgosikgolo. At a 2019 Serowe meeting where he was favoured with ample podium time, former Lerala/Maunatlala MP and Khama supporter, Prince Maele, declared his support for Khama by stating that â
Ke eme tsi!
kgosikgolo was unshakeable.
kgosikgolo, not in the
Bogosi Act and certainly not in the national order of precedence. The current use of the term (which would mean supreme traditional leader, superior to a mere
kgosi) happens outside official sanction. Of all the eight Batswana
dikgosi who enjoy this padded cultural title, Khama, who was Botswanaâs most powerful vice president for 10 years and president for the same period, stands out for having been in a position to officialise its use. He didnât and now finds himself in the awkward position of having become comfortable with a title that doesnât officially exist.