Kwena clan

The earliest ancestor of the Kwena clan, Kwena, was a grandson of Masilo I, the King of Bahurutse clan around 1360 CE. Kwena and his followers settled at Tebang, now called Heidelberg. Around 1500 CE, Bakwena started spreading in the region, from the Lekwa River to Kalahari (Botswana) until settling at Ntsoanatsatsi (mythical origin land of the Sotho-Tswana people) with the Bafokeng around 1580 CE. == Early leaders ==

• Kwena (dates unknown) • Phokotsea (dates unknown) • Kgabo I (late 17th century) • Tebele (late 17th or early 18th century) == Basotho line ==

• first leader was Kgosi Napo. • Napo begot and was succeeded by his son Motebang • Motebang begot and was succeeded by his son Molemo • Molemo begot and was succeeded by his son Tsoloane le Tsolo • Tsholoane begot and was succeeded by his son Monaheng • Monaheng begot and was succeeded by his son Motloang • Motloang begot and was succeeded by his son Peete • Doc Mokoteli begot and was succeeded by his son Mokhachane • Mokhachane begot and was succeeded by his son Moshoeshoe and it continues to the royal line of Lesotho. == Batswana line ==

Kgabo II led a small group of Bakwena and crossed the Madikwe River and founded a tribe on the lands of the Bakgatla tribe (whose totem was the blue monkey) which they drove away, modern day Botswana. As the result of a split, several tribes like the Ngwato and Ngwaketse. • Kgabo II (until c. 1740) • Motshodi (c. 1740 – c. 1770) • Motswasele I (c. 1770 – c. 1785) • Seitlhamo (late 18th century) • Legwale (late 18th century) • Maleke (early 19th century; regent) • Tshosa (early 19th century; regent) • Motswasele II (c. 1807–1821) • Sechele I (c. 1829–1892) • Sebele I (1892–1911) • Sechele II (1911–1918) • Sebele II (1918–1931) • Kgari Sechele II (1931–1962) • Neale Sechele (1963–1970) • Bonewamang Padi Sechele (1970–1978; appointed as the Tribal Authority) • Mack Sechele (1978–1986; regent) • Moithali Sechele II (1986–1996; regent) • Kgosikwena Sebele (1996–2002; regent) • Kgari Sechele III (2002–present) ==Notes==