Kgosi Galeshewe

Kgosi Galeshewe
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Born1840 (1840)
South Africa
Died1927 (aged 86–87)
Magogong
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Kgosi (Chief) Galeshewe, (c. 1840 - 1927), was a chief of the Batlhaping group in South Africa. He was an anti-colonial revolutionary and orchestrated rebellions against the Cape Colony government. The Galeshewe Township in the Sol Plaatje Local Municipality, Kimberley, has been named after him. A South African Navy fast attack craft has also been named after him. Galeshewe was born in 1840 near Taung, South Africa.

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