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… Seretse Khama was born on 1 July 1921 at Serowe, Bechuanaland (now Botswana). His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato … put under British protection in the 19th century. Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the …

… in 1859. In 1865 he took over the running of his father’s mission in Kuruman, South Africa. In 1879 John Moffat … promise that Lobengula would get British protection – like Khama, the ruler of Bechuanaland – led to the signing of what … police clashed with warriors of the Bamangwato under King Khama III, Moffat warned that Khama was Rhodes’ next victim, …

… law.  However, because of differences with Seretse Khama, the latter handed Madikizela over to the South African …

… a lifestyle radically different from that of his father’s parishioners. He noted that many children went without … violent. That fall, Scott was asked by his friend, Tshkedi Khama, regent of the Bamangwato Tribe, to come to … him to champion the Herero’s cause at the United Nations. Khama’s reasoning behind this move was that if South Africa …

… the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were a far cry from where she would … and Swaziland – now Eswatini). When the exiled Tshekedi Khama (uncle to Seretse Khama ) of the then Bechuanaland went to Britain in 1951 to … . (Accessed on 10 February 2021) Lyall, S. (2000). Mary Benson, 80, who wrote of South Africa’s …

… to do portraits of Black chiefs like Maqoma, Sandile and Khama. His depictions of local inhabitants such as the …

… exclusively to education. From Lovedale, where Tshekedi Khama was his fellow student, he entered Fort Hare University … Durban Joint Council and held office in the Natal teacher's association, of which he eventually became president. … of Churches. In 1965 he notified President  Sir Seretse Khama  that he would retire to  Botswana , which had just …

… 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who sculpted objects such as chairs … reprimanded him for constantly drawing in class. Mohl's father eventually withdrew him from school to tend to the … both local and international. Amongst these are the Doreen Khama Collection, the Johannesburg Art Gallery, the Pretoria …

… Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to school at Groutville, … the group that planned to attack the July Handicap, Durban’s popular horse racing event so as to precipitate an armed … the intervention of the President of Botswana Sir Seretse Khama and Kaunda.  Consequently, Mpanza and his comrades …

… in Alice, Eastern Cape, and then enrolled at St Peter's Secondary School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, where he … National Congress Youth League  (ANCYL) at St Peter's after its formation in 1944 and served as its branch … Secretary in the Office of Prime Minister, Sir Seretse Khama. In 1972 he was appointed Assistant Attorney General …

… a groom on the Emery estate. The relationship between Head’s parents was forbidden according to South Africa’s Immorality Act at the time. Consequently, after falling … in her Honour. The Bessie Head Papers are stored in the Khama III Memorial Museum in Serowe. …

… during the mid 1800s, fleeing from the wave of Shaka Zulu's territorial expansion. His paternal grandparents, Isabella … in the Eastern Cape. They had six children and Sindiso's father, Mtutzeli Naphtali Mfenyana, was born in 1908 along … the world Govan Mbeki , Oliver Tambo , AC Jordan , Seretse Khama , Julius Nyerere, Robert Sobukwe , Robert Mugabe , …