 Mfi Chite was the first councilor for the village following a win in the October 1974 general elections; this was after the 1972 constitutional amendment which grouped villages of "Borolong, Chadibe, Makobo, Mathangwane, Natale and Shashe Mooke" into a single council ward un-axing them from the then Tonota council ward.The grouping was broken down further in 1982 constitutional amendment un-axing villages of "Borolong, Natale, and Shashemoke" from the ward.Mfi Chite retained the council seat for BDP in both the 1979 and 1984 general elections.