Prince Sethati was the fifth son of
King Tsotetsi who was the leader of
Batlokwa ba Mokgalong in the mid-1700s, from which they trace their history. Sethati gave birth to three children namely Makume, Mokgitlinyane and Mankane. Sethati was born in the
Nts'oana-Tsatsi, Tafelkop area in the Free State are and most of his descendants are in
South Africa
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and
Lesotho
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area.
South Africa
In South Africa, the descendants of Sethati are found mostly in the Eastern Free State Area, namely in the
Frankfort,
Villiers,
Tweeling
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,
Cornelia,
Heidelberg
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and
Qwa-Qwa area. Due to migrant labour, you find large groups of Sethati people in
Gauteng
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Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
area.
Lesotho
In Lesotho, the Sethati clan is found in the
Mokhotlong
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District, particularly in the Mapholaneng Village, which is some 250 km away from
Maseru
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.
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18th-century monarchs in Africa
Botswana royalty
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