Ramotswa, Botswana

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Location of Ramotswa in Botswana

Ramotswa is a village in South-East District of Botswana, southwest of the capital of Gaborone. The population was 20,680 in 2001 census.[1] It is the tribal capital of the BaLete, an ethnic minority springing from the Nguni tribe.

Ramotswa's main industry is a wheat flour mill. The village also manufactures metal products.

Kgosi Mosadi Seboko of Ramotswa is the first woman to serve as a paramount chief in Botswana. Seboko took on her role as a village leader and representative to the House of Chiefs after her brother Kgosi Seboko II died in 2000. Her presence in the house of chiefs was hailed as a victory for women's rights in southern Africa.

The nearby hamlet of Otse is the site for Moeding College, originally a colonial secondary school and a school for the disabled run by the Campbill Rankoromane Community educational center. Police XI, Botswana Premier League champions for 2006, are also based in Otse.

The climate is semi-arid, vegetation is a tree and shrub savanna. Only a fifth of the area is farmed but the density of cattle and goats and sheep is high.

Otse is overlooked by cliffs from which a colony of vultures are easily visible most days.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Distribution of population by sex by villages and their associated localities: 2001 population and housing census. Retrieved on 2008-02-04.
  • "BOTSWANA: First female paramount chief welcomed" (Sep. 3, 2003). IRINnews. [1]
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Coordinates: 24°52′S, 25°49′E