{"id":23272,"date":"2023-03-06T16:31:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T16:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:47:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:47:44","slug":"kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month","title":{"rendered":"Kgosi Tawana resumes royal duties next month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. <\/strong><\/span><b>Maun residents are planning a special ceremony to welcome their paramount chief, Kgosi Tawana Moremi who will resume his royal duties in April this year.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The decision was made Thursday during a kgotla meeting following the announcement by the Batawana regent, Kgosi Kealetile Moremi that the government had approved the return of their paramount chief.<\/p>\n<p>She informed multitudes that thronged the kgotla that Kgosikgolo was scheduled to be in the office on April 3, much to the appreciation of the crowd that attended the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Kgosi Tawana left the throne to join active politics in 2003 from which he resigned in 2019 following the completion of his five-year parliamentary term. Following his exit from politics, residents including members of the royal family called for Kgosi Tawana II to once again take over the chieftainship reigns.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been patiently waiting to hear the good news. We had long wished for his return because we believed that he was better placed in the kgotla to advance tribal issues,\u201d said Mr Seoka Kenosi.<\/p>\n<p>He also called on Bashimane Ba Kgosing which is a composition of five regiments charged with advising Kgosikgolo on chieftainship matters to start preparations for the big day.<\/p>\n<p>Another resident, Mr Gaoete Kentshitswe thanked the government for responding positively to the community\u2019s wish to have Kgosi Tawana assume the reigns.He also thanked Kgosikgolo&#8217;s sister, Kgosi Kealetile for holding fort for twenty-long years and serving the tribe to the best of her abilities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Kentshitswe also commended her for agreeing to hand over.<\/p>\n<p>His sentiments were echoed by Mr Kabelo Gothaang who commended Kgosi Kealetile for upholding the Setswana decorum to consult the tribe on Kgosikgolo&#8217;s decision as well as the position of the government on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsultation is key and it upholds the dignity of bogosi, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\">Botswana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Botswana. Maun residents are planning a special ceremony to welcome their paramount chief, Kgosi Tawana Moremi who will resume his royal duties in April this year. The decision was made Thursday during a kgotla meeting following the announcement by the Batawana regent, Kgosi Kealetile Moremi that the government had approved the return of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[233,237,234],"class_list":["post-23272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-botswana","tag-botswana"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kgosi Tawana resumes royal duties next month - Botswana<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Maun residents are planning a special ceremony to welcome their paramount chief, Kgosi Tawana Moremi who will resume ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kgosi Tawana resumes royal duties next month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Maun residents are planning a special ceremony to welcome their paramount chief, Kgosi Tawana Moremi who will resume ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Botswana\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-03-06T16:31:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-03-06T17:47:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678110979.46.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kgosi Tawana resumes royal duties next month\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-03-06T16:31:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-03-06T17:47:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\"},\"wordCount\":320,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/botswana\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/postQueueImg_1678110979.46.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Botswana\",\"Botswana\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/botswana\/all-news\/kgosi-tawana-resumes-royal-duties-next-month\",\"name\":\"Kgosi Tawana resumes royal duties next month - 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