Kgosi Puso Gaborone (born 11 November 1975) is the paramount chief (Kgosi) of the BaTlokwa tribe of Tlokweng in Botswana. As of 2021, he serves as the elected chairperson of Botswana's
Ntlo ya Dikgosi (House of Chiefs), a position he has held since 2009.
Background and education
Born in November 1975, he is the only son of the late Kgosi Moshibidu Gaborone and grandson of
Kgosi Gaborone
Gaborone (c. 1825 – 1931) was a ''kgosi'' (chief) of the Tlokwa, a tribe of the larger Tswana people in what is now Botswana. He became the tribe's chief around 1880, after the death of his father, and secured the Tlokwa's status as the "smalles ...
. Kgosi was educated at Batlokwa National School. Prior to him being a chief he was a teacher. His coronation was held at the Tlokweng Kgotla in a ceremony attended by the Former President of Botswana,
Festus Mogae
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004; after ten y ...
and the late
Ketumile Masire
'Ketumile Quett Joni Masire'', GCMG (24 July 1926 – 22 June 2017) was the second and longest-serving President of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was honored with the Knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint Geor ...
, Batlokwa chiefs from
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and Lesotho, community leaders and members of the community as a whole.
Batlokwa throne
Puso Gaborone ascended the Batlokwa throne in August 2007 after his father died in 2005.
In his capacity as the Kgosi of Batlokwa, he has been elected and re-elected as the chairperson of Botswana's
Ntlo ya Dikgosi (House of Chiefs).
Personal life
Kgosi Puso Gaborone married Thandi Tshepo Leshomo Gaborone in August 2016 and the couple has one child. It was also reported that he "had led by example" by taking the COVID-19 vaccination with his wife in March 2021.
[{{Cite web, last=Masolotate, first=Bonang, date=March 31, 2021, title=Kgosi promotes vaccine, urges others to follow suit, url=http://www.dailynews.gov.bw/news-details.php?nid=61670, url-status=live, access-date=4 April 2021]
See also
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List of rulers of Tlôkwa
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Ntlo ya Dikgosi
References
1975 births
Botswana chiefs
Living people