House of Tau - BaTaung Dynasty
Bataung offshoots of the Bahurutse who lived on the banks of the Molopo River.
Bataung had many wars with the House of Rolong.
BaTaung
Bataung ba tswalwa ke Sanyane, mora Mmoledi, tloholwana sa Motebele; ya tswalwang ke Mohurutse.
Bataung descend from Mohurutse, Motebele, Mmoledi, Sanyane, Thulwane and Tsukudu. They can be subdivided into four branches by the sons of Sanyane: The first and second branches are created by the two sons of Thulwane, Morapedi-Kotele and Matli . The third and fourth by the two sons of Tsukudu, Sefatsa and Khuto/Kguto.
At first all four branches honoured the lion (Tau) as their tribal emblem, which goes to show that it was Thulwane who adopted it when he first separated from the Bahurutse about the year 1640. When Thulwane migrated from the north-west and founded Bataung with his brother, Tsukudu. They crossed the Vaal above its junction with the River Nta (Valsch River), and settled on the left bank of the Kuakuatsi (Rhenoster River); but little by little, as they came to know the country, they spread themselves over it.
BaTaung BaHlalele
The Senior Branch BaHlalele.
The eldest son of Thulwane was Kotele, father of Morapeli, whose son Nthethe at the beginning of the eighteenth century (1700) had two sons called Tebele and Tebeyane. They lived on the left bank of the Vaal to the east of the River Kuakuatsi; and that while they were there and when Tau, eldest son of Tebeyane, was being circumcised, their village was raided by a troop of Maphuthing from beyond the Vaal. Whereupon the Bataung ran to rescue the initiates and put them out of danger. From this circumstance Tau got the name Lechela (the brand) and therefore his regiment was called Machela.
Re Bataung ba Machela ba Nthethe a Morapeli ba Tebeyane a Matlatsa tlatsa Tebeyane.
Sabata Kwena/Lion Crocodile
Moiketsi ha leloe: Moiketsi ke tau e re e le tau e lale hlatheng
The child was named Moiketsi. The angry Bataung took Moiketsi to be raised as a Bataung BaHlalele royal.
The Bataung & Moiketsi did not like the name Moiketsi on the account where it came from so:
Moiketsi a kgetha lebitso le kgethileng, Moiketsi are kgethedi yang nkgetha sekgetha Makgetha, batho bana ke ba ntatao.
From there Moiketsi was now called Makhetha/Makgetha, the older brother of Mohlomi mora Monyane but by rank, Makgetha was the junior brother (from a junior house).
Diboko tsa BaTaung BaHlalele / The Clan praises of clan Hlalele:
- Ke Motaung, namane e tshehla, Ngwana lebese la kgomo, Ralepetu mora Hlalele. Ha o ana Tau, o ana sebata, O ana phoofolo e sa jeweng, Tau apola ka mahlong re bone. Ke motho wa ha Hlalele, Motho wa Mmadifalana Kwena, Wa matshola nku e folle mokekeng, E se nna e folla difalaneng.
BaTaung Ba Thekiso le Thulo le Sobi
BaKgomo le BaThekiso
Matli-Rakgomo, second son of Thulwane but he seems to have died before or during the pilgrimage. Matli's son Khomo/Kgomo had three sons: Thekiso, Sobi and Thulo. Kgomo, with Thekiso his son and their immediate following, occupied the country as far south as the River Kuakuatsi. Sobi and his adherents established themselves on the banks of the River Nta (Valsch River), while Thulo went nearby Maphororong as far as the River Tikwe (Vet River). Thekiso was the elder brother but power was passed on to the youngest brother being Thulo, third son of Kgomo.
(We see the same issue in the Bakwena clans were the younger brother was given power rather than the older brother. Most likely it was due to competency, who showed the most potential)
On their arrival at Motloangtloang, the Bataung found a great number of nomadic Bushmen (Basarwa, Barwa, Khwe, Khoikhoi) who lived on game, which was very plentiful on these vast plains. Some Bushmen remained independent while others attached themselves to the Bataung and became their herds and hunters. The Bataung lived on game hunting. The Bataung are mixed with the Bushmen, Bahlaping, Dihoya/Dihoja, Barolong, Griquas and Korannes are all relatives. Bataung were mighty hunters and great keeper of livestock.
Bataung ba Sobi wa Kgomo, Mokgele Rampai wa Sobi:
Motho eo e reng ha a tla ja ho thehe meriti,
Ho thehe e menyane ya diotlwana,
Wa ha thethanatelle, Mmamoholwane,
Ha o e pome ya lekana dirope!
In the eighteenth century the authority was passed on to Sobi, then to his son, Mokhele/Mokgele-Rampai. Mokgele was very superstitious, and paid more attention to witchcraft than anything else, with the result that there was much injustice and wrong done under his rule, to the great detriment of his people and his own reputation.
Bataung ba Mophetha wa Thulo
Mophethe, son of Thulo profited from the incompetence of Mokgele. He had originally had a few followers and no wealth, but he was a man of sense and judgment, and, above all, he was not troubled by superstition. His wife, Modiha'me, was the daughter of the chief Diile of the first family. Acting on the advice of Ramatlokotloko, one of his men, he gave protection to those unfortunates, who, being accused of witchcraft by Mokgele, were despoiled of their property and in danger of death. Soon his little hamlet became a great village, and, as the refugees went on increasing, a second and then a third large village grew up.
Mophethe had several children by Moliha'me his wife. The first was a daughter, Mamatlakeng, who married Makhoana, son of Musetsi. The second was a boy, Thigedi, who was of weak intellect and was killed in battle. The two who followed died in childhood; and when Modiha'me again found herself pregnant, she thought to escape the notice of the evil spirits by departing secretly to a place called Mohale, where she gave birth to a son who was named Makgothi.
Ngwana wa Kgomo
Bataung RaKgomo le Bakwena Ba ha Motloang le Mokotedi.
Mamotsuane daugther of BaRakgomo and Motloang son of BaMonaheng were married but Motloang later dead. According to custom Mokotedi had a duty or right to the widows of Motloang to rise up any seed belonging to his dead brother. Mamotsuane refused the brothers of Motloang, she settled for a Hlubi man called Mualle ka Nsele/Seele brother of Bhungane. Mamotsuane gave birth to Motsuane by right of custom Motsuane was still the seed of Motloang even though his biological father was Mualle:
Ngwana wa kgomo: ke ka kgomo hore Motsuane ke Mosotho.
Motsuane because he spoke seSotho with a Hlubi/Zulu accent he was nicknamed Peete, grandfather of Moshoeshoe.
BaTaung BaMoletsane wa Mophethe le Thulo
Makgothi was born about 1788 who became a famous chief under the named Moletsane. Makgothi-Moletsane was circumcised on the plain of Motloangtloang in 1803. Mokgele used to send men to destroy the growing crops of BaMophethe, more conflicts between BaMokgele and BaMophethe, which saw the death of Kiritle which stopped Mokgele's men from fighting BaMophethe. Mokgele's weakness in tribal affairs had its natural effect in bringing about a revolt of his sons (Sekaledi and Motsetsele) against his authority. Sekaledi and Motsetsele conspired together to depose their father.
Moletsane had to marry Mokgele's daughter Mpai, Mokgele asked Moletsane to kill his own sons. Moletsane was successful, he punished Sakaledi and Motsetsele, under Mokgele Bataung BaMoletsane were given authority over their senior family. Moletsane's fame only grew from that point on...
more on the life of Moletsane.
Diboko tsa BaTaung BaMoletsane/ The Clan praises of clan Molestane:
- Ke Motaung wa ha Rathulo a Mphethe, Sengalo sengape Mongapa Tshwana, Motaung wa ha Moletsane, Esale a phathikga Lehurutse lefikeng.
- Terene ya tjhesetsa maqaqana, Difarelane tsa eshwa, Majeresi a eshwa a le lekgolo, Mmutlanyana e tjheletse le naha, Nkgo di tjhele le jwala ba Sekgowa, Ditswekere le majwala di qhalane
- Nka tswala Leje le Moletsane,, Ha ke tswetse ba Mokhele ke phethile, Mohla ba holang ba tlo mpitsa, Ke tsebe ho kgetha morena, Ptjemptjete ya Mabola e ka nyolosa dikgohlo, Thaka tsa ka di kwana ha Moletsane,
The third and fourth branches of Bataung
By the two sons of Tsukudu, Sefatsa and Khuto/Kguto later became Batsukudu-Bakubung. By adopting the hippo, or Kubu, as their emblem, and they still attached themselves to the Bataung of Thulo.
more on Bakubung...
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