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. Bantu may refer to Bantu expansion, a series of migrations of Bantu speakers Bantu languages Bantu people The Republic of Botswana (Lefatshe la Botswana is a Landlocked nation in Southern Africa. Tswana ( Motswana, plural Batswana) is the name of a Southern African people They still have a traditional Paramount Chief, equally styled Kgôsikgolo. Today, BaMalete have settled in Southern Botswana villages including Ramotswa, Gabane, Otse and Mogobane. Ramotswa is a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. Gabane is a village in Kweneng District of Botswana. It is located 15 km (10 mi west of Gabarone, the capital of Botswana Otse is a large village in South-East District of Botswana. It is located 60 km south of Gabarone, along the Gabarone&ndash Lobatse road Mogobane is a village in South-East District of Botswana. It is located 55 km south of Gabarone and 40 km east of Kanye.
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
World Statesmen website on political and administrative entities
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