Today we are meeting in honour of one of these giants of our society, His Majesty Kgosi Edward Patrick Lebone Molotlegi. We all know about his running battles with the past oppressive regimes and their stooges, who wanted to denude this community of its heritage.
Kgosi chose to defend his people, an act that invited the wrath of the then regime, who detained and harassed him and his family until he went to seek refuge amongst the Batswana in Botswana. With the advent of democracy in South Africa, however, he returned and continued to lead his people until his passing on in 1995.