Traditional Authority and State Administration in Botswana

David S. Jones

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Traditional Authority and State Administration in Botswana

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2008

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Lecturer in Political Science, National University of Singapore

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A central feature of the Bechuanaland Protectorate was the wide jurisdiction accorded to the tribal chief or kgosi by the Administration. These traditional leaders were allowed by the colonial authorities to retain a considerable measure of autonomy and were able to regulate nearly all aspects of tribal life.

Type: Africana
Information: The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , March 1983 , pp. 133 - 139

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022278X00023077 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 133 note 1} See Proctor, J. H., ‘The House of Chiefs and the Political Development of Botswana’, in The Journal of Modern African Studies (Cambridge), 6, 1, 05 1963, pp. 59–60;Google ScholarGillet, Simon, ‘The Survival of Chieftaincy in Botswana’, in African Affairs (London), 72, 287, 04 1973, pp. 179–81;Google ScholarTordoff, William, ‘Local Administration in Botswana–Part I’, in Journal of Administration Overseas (London), 12, 4, 10 1973, pp. 173–4; and also, the Address of the Minister of Local Government and Lands,Google ScholarKgabo, E., at the installation of Kgosi Seepapitso IV, in Botswana Daily News (Gaborone), 2 02 1970.Google Scholar

^{page 133 note 2} Chieftainship Act of 1966, Sections 16–20.

^{page 133 note 3} Ibid. Sections 13, 21, and 23.

^{page 133 note 4} Kgabo, E., National Assembly. Official Report (Gaborone), 1st Session, 2nd Meeting, 1 04 1970, p. 497. See also, K. Morake,Google Scholaribid. 4th Session, 3rd Meeting, 22 May 1973, pp. 20–1.

^{page 133 note 5} Chieftainship Act of 1996, Section 13.

^{page 134 note 1} Cf. Egner, E. B., District Development in Botswana (Gaborone, 1978), p. 1.Google Scholar

^{page 134 note 2} Ibid. p. 8.

^{page 134 note 3} Tordoff, loc. cit. p. 180, and Egner, op. cit. p. 1.

^{page 134 note 4} Botswana Daily News, 20 March 1974.

^{page 134 note 5} See Report of the Presidential Commission on Local Government Structure in Botswana, 1979 (Gaborone, 1979), Vol. I, p. 39.Google Scholar The point was also made in interviews with Linchwe, Kgosi, 11 March 1981, and the Attorney-General of Botswana, 16 July 1981.Google Scholar

^{page 134 note 6} Botswana Daily News, 8 November 1971.

^{page 135 note 1} Ibid. 10 March 1978.

^{page 135 note 2} House of Chiefs. Official Report (Gaborone), 29th Meeting, 17 05 1978, p. 71.Google Scholar

^{page 135 note 3} Tordoff, loc. cit. p. 174.

^{page 135 note 4} Botswana Daily News, 9 February 1971. See also, ibid. 8 November 1971, for a report of the speech by the Minister of Local Government and Lands to the Seminar for Chiefs at Mahalapye.

^{page 135 note 5} See Botswana Law Reports (Gaborone), pp. 48–9, for State v Chief Seepapitso IV, 1972 (2).Google Scholar

^{page 135 note 6} Botswana Daily News, 8 November 1971.

^{page 135 note 7} Masisi, E., National Assembly, 1 April 1970, p. 524.Google Scholar

^{page 135 note 8} Makoma, M., House of Chiefs, 19th Meeting, 8 May 1973, p. 48.Google Scholar

^{page 135 note 9} Commission of Enquiry into the Salaries and Conditions of Service of Tribal Administration Employees. Report of Review Committee (Gaborone, 1971), p. 4.Google Scholar

^{page 135 note 10} Ibid. p. 1.

^{page 136 note 1} Report of the Third Salaries Review Commission (Gaborone, 1978), p. 39.Google Scholar

^{page 136 note 2} House of Chiefs, 29th Meeting, 17 May 1978, pp. 71 and 78.

^{page 136 note 3} Koma, K., National Assembly, 1 April 1970, p. 533. Also earlier speech by B. Kgari,Google Scholaribid. p. 532.

^{page 136 note 4} M. Nwako, ibid. 22 May 1973, pp. 27–8. Also Minister of Local Government and Lands, K. Morake, ibid. p. 45.

^{page 137 note 1} House of Chiefs, 19th Meeting, 9 May 1973, p. 50.

^{page 137 note 2} Report of the Third Salaries Review Commission, p. 39.

^{page 137 note 3} See, for example, , Kgosi Linchwe II, ‘Draft Minutes of the Thirty-Second Meeting of the House of Chiefs’, National Assembly Archives,Gaborone,21 August 1980, p. 32.Google Scholar

^{page 137 note 4} House of Chiefs, 29th Meeting, 15 May 1978, p. 7.

^{page 137 note 5} See, for example, Kgosi Ramokate, ibid. 29th Meeting, 16 May 1978, pp. 58–60.

^{page 137 note 6} National Assembly, 22 May 1973, p. 35.

^{page 137 note 7} Botswana Daily News, 24 September 1970.

^{page 137 note 8} Minister of Local Government and Lands, K. Morake, ibid. 22 October 1973.

^{page 137 note 9} Ibid. 1 February 1977.

^{page 137 note 10} Ibid. 10 March 1978.

^{page 138 note 1} See, for example, interviews with chiefs in the local magazine, Kutlwano (Gaborone), 06 1979, p. 25.Google Scholar

^{page 138 note 2} House of Chiefs, 29th Meeting, 17 May 1978, p. 91.

^{page 138 note 3} Botswana Daily News, 2 February 1970.

^{page 138 note 4} ‘Draft Minutes of the Thirty-Second Meeting of the House of Chiefs’, 21 August 1980, p. 12.

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