Kgosi

A kgosi (/ˈkoʊsi/; Tswana pronunciation: [ˈkχʊ.si]) is the title for a hereditary leader of a Batswana and South Africa peoples tribe.^[1]

Usage

The word "kgosi" is a Setswana term for "king" or "chief". Various affixes can be added to the word to change its meaning: adding the prefix di- creates the plural form dikgosi; the feminine suffix -gadi makes the word kgosigadi; and the adjectival suffix -kgolo, meaning "large", creates kgosikgolo, the word for "supreme leader".

It is a title often given to aristocrats in Botswana and surrounding countries where there are Tswana speaking people. The office of tribal leadership is called the bogosi while the person who assumes the office is the kgosi.^[2]

Duties

The Bogosi Act of 2008 defines the powers of dikgosi. According to the Bogosi Act, the kgosi of a tribe has several duties: to manage the tribe, to organize kgotla meetings, and to follow the rules and advice of the national government and the members of the tribe. The dikgosi of the eight main Batswana tribes automatically become members of the Ntlo ya Dikgosi, an advisory body within the Parliament of Botswana.

The kgosi has the ability to appoint a mothusa kgosi who acts as an acting leader while the kgosi is temporarily unable to perform his or her duties.^[3] This is different from the motshwarelela bogosi, an office created when the kgosi is permanently unable to perform his or her duties and a replacement kgosi is needed.^[4]

The act has been criticised by tribal leaders because of the limitations on the powers of a kgosi.^[5] In 2010, Kgosi Kgafela II of the Kgatla tribe was accused of flogging, but he argued that dikgosi have immunity to the state's jurisdiction. The Botswana High Court dismissed the case on 11 May 2011, claiming that "dikgosi cannot act outside the constitution and laws prescribed by Parliament when all other functionaries of the state act within the statutory limitations."^[6] To avoid the legal costs of the case, Kgafela moved to Moruleng, South Africa.^[7]

Citations

^ "Kgosi dictionary definition | kgosi defined". www.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
^ Government of Botswana 2008, p. 2.
^ Government of Botswana 2008, p. 4.
^ Government of Botswana 2008, p. 3.
^ Gabzfm 2011.
^ Gulbrandsen 2012, p. 157.
^ Letswamotse 2012.

References

Gabzfm (3 November 2011). "Dikgosi wants constitution to restore their powers". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Government of Botswana (30 April 2008). "Bogosi Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf (March 2012). The State and the Social: State Formation in Botswana and Its Pre-Colonial and Colonial Genealogies. New York City: Berghahn Books. p. 343. ISBN 9780857452979. LCCN 2011037469.
Letswamotse, Phaladi (18 April 2012). "Kgafela is broke". The Botswana Gazette. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

External links

Look up kgosi in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Traditional Government and Social Order as explained by the Embassy of Botswana in Japan
https://www.sundaystandard.info/the-kgosi-chronicles-part-one-defining-the-problem/

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