Borena ba BAFOKENG

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Bafokeng ke setjhaba se seholo seileng sa fapana ka lebaka la diphepetso tseo baneng ba kopana le tsona nakong ea pele ho qaleho ea setjhaba sa basotho. Bafokeng bana holatela mabaka ao ke seng kea hlalositse le amang. Hona le baileng basala fishriver(KZN&EASTERNCAPE) le bathepu hape le baroa mohlala boMavundla,maqhosa a pomang menoana jj;bao karolo engoe ea bona e ileng fella Ntsoanatsatsi(pakeng tsa frankfort&vredefort) hobataung/baroa;bao kalorolo engoe eileng ea fetela lesotho mane qacha's neck;baileng ba phela le batsoana mehleng ea bophuthatsoana;ebe baqaleho ea sesotho(makara/mmope)moo eleng hore basetoane bakgephuhileng ho ba mangoele a patsa mehleng ea difaqane hoea namibia moo bansteng ba rena teng joalo ka setjhaba se seholo empa hee hake qetella eleng hore leha refapane kadipuo/dibaka/tumelo empa kaofela re bana ba mofokeng hotloha egepeta---Kaofela re ikotla sefuba kahore re BAFOKENG moholoane oaka..........Hotloha egepeta bafokeng ba'mutla baile baqetela ba fumanehile zambezi moo ba ileng ba kena kahara barolong(Botsoana),le hajoale ditshoantshisong tsekang bo LESILO baeafumaneha.

[moradiamohlomi]

Raboshabane oa mofokeng wrote:

"Chief Maama Vova",Vundle chief of Bafokeng tribe who left Ntsuanatsatsi to live with the Xhosa peoples of the Transkei and settled in the Mjanyane Valley of South Basutoland in 1848,history reveal exactly the Bafokeng tribe always stick to thier independence irrespective of thier diverse culture/belief/language/territ ory and You call it apartheid caused by subjucation by most of tribes/people they happened to have lived with.
I also happened to come across with numerous books under the BAFOKENG tittle in continue straggle for thier independence in order to sustain thier so called "INTELLECTUAL HERITAGE".

Madume! Phoka eso. Na ebe MaVundla a sa etsa dintho jwale ka Bafokeng?
Na nka fumana tsebo ka ha bona kae ntate wa ka ya ratehileng?

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

kEBONA BA BUSANG DISTRICT EA QACHAS'NEK,KZN(fishriver) badula le baroa as thembukis(thembu tribe).

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Memorial to Chief Matete Unveiled at Morija
A memorial to one of the co-founders of Morija, Chief Paulus Matete Seepheephe, was unveiled at Morija on Saturday 14 April 2001. It is a stone monument with a bust of Matete in formal European dress, such as he would have acquired when he was one of five Basotho chiefs who spent a year in Cape Town with the missionary Thomas Arbousset in 1845-6.

Matete, together with his older brother Mahao, was one of two malome, maternal uncles of Letsie and Molapo, whom they accompanied to Makhoarane on 9 July 1833. They were sent to be with the first three French Protestant missionaries in Lesotho, and at Makhoarane, the missionaries with their Basotho companions founded the settlement which soon afterwards became known as Morija.

To mark the unveiling of the memorial, details of the history of the Matete family, who are Bafokeng by clan, were printed in Leselinyana of 13 April and 15 May 2001. The published account also explains the origin of the name Ranthomeng. In 1833, King Moshoeshoe, hearing from a Griqua hunter, Adam Krotz, of the advantage of having missionaries, had sent 200 cattle in order to procure missionaries for his Kingdom. The cattle were however stolen by Kora en route, and Moshoeshoe at first believed he had been unsuccessful in his procurement exercise. He asked his councillors who could fetch missionaries for him and Matete said,'Nthomeng ke ba late'(send me, I will bring them). Luckily, Matete did not have far to go, because the missionaries were already en route and he found them at Khalong-la-bo-Tau, the modern Modderpoort. Matete's principal wife 'Mantlibi, gave birth at the time (on 26 June 1833) to a daughter, and Matete's words to Moshoeshoe were preserved by calling the daughter Nthomeng. As a result Matete came also to bear the teknonym, Ranthomeng ('father of Nthomeng'), a name subsequently preserved in the family. Today a direct descendant of Paulus Matete, Ranthomeng Matete, is the Chief of Morija and is also the Secretary of the Interim Political Authority.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Bafokeng-Chief Seepheephe Matete had three wives, and best known were the children of the first wife 'Mamahao, who included Mahao, Matete and Mabela, later to be known as 'Mamohato, the senior wife of King Moshoeshoe. Matete himself had five wives and a large number of descendants who became chiefs of villages in their own right, including Ntlibi (aka Ramabilikoe, of Mathebe), Abele (of Setleketseng), Tšoene (of Phatlalla and Fika-la-Tšoene, Mohale's Hoek), and Setha (who eventually founded a village at a remote spot on the Senqunyane, which still falls administratively under Morija).

Chief Matete died on 13 October 1870. The monument to him is very sparing in detail and even dates. It simply says: Re u hopola ka hlompho, Morena Matete (We remember you with respect, Chief Matete).

[Oemad]

Le ha ho le joalo bakoena ba mokoteli ba tla lebusa FOREVER bo mmutla.mmutla u bohlale lits'omong,lipaleng le litorong feela e seng lesotho mona

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Ona le mathata a maholo, oboua ntho tse hlang feela------Ekare o motho eabouang a palame tonki joale letsatsi le chesa o nkheloa ke lephoka laoena.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa Tšoana
Oa Tšoana-Kholokoane-ea-Mmamakhab ane,
La ikholoka la ipeha khorong;
La re: jang-jang kapele
Manti ke eo a e-tla,
Ke batho ba ha Sefali sa ha Kotoee!

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ma-Morokonyane’a thota!
Letotomana lenyela-tlatlaneng,
Lelepeletsa-mokota-ka-lilomo.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ha ma-Tututu!
Oa ha Mosetsana!
Lepulungoana-Phahla!
Haeso khomo ha e tsoale bosiu,
E tsoala motšeare banana ba e shebile,
E bonoa ke Tsime le Bothepane.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ma-Morokonyane’a thota!
Letotomana lelula-tlatlaneng,
Lelepeletsa mmalo-ka-lilomo.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa Mantho e kholo
E a khopa, Ramotšelisi,
E khopa basali ba batho,
Ke motho oa Maletlapa-ha-le-ribolloe,
Ha o ka le ribolla, o ka bona ntho tse kholo!

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ha Khetsi’a Malekele,
Batho ban eng bal eke letlalo la khomo,
Le eso ho faloe,
La ba hlola, la koala batho ba Lijana,
Batho ba mohlano o mofubelu,
O reng tlere-tlere!

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng,
Oa ha Malejoe-ha-le-ribolloe,
Ha o ka le ribolla o tla bona kilibitla,
Mofokeng e motelele,
Thella, o oele!
Tsuu, khotlonono,
Khatla! Lomo se methati e leshome,
Mola thoteng ha bale ba khiba,
Ngope le ka tloloa ke ngoale e telele,
E khutšoane e ka robeha menotoana,
Mofokeng, qhanolla lipere li fule,
Ntoa boholo-holo ke ea hosasa,
Rona ha re sa bona tse fulang ka lisale!

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ma-Matlaokoane,
Oa ba Mahlatsi ba futa haholo,
Ba futa ba boella sejaneng.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa ma-Hlono ea phoma,
E phometse ba ma-Mangoejane!
Lemphane la matlapa ha le ribolloe.
Ba sa rueng khomo e khoabana!

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Mofokeng oa maoto-mane!
Oa Mahlaku!
Oa Makhasane, Rasehlomeng!
Motho oa ‘Mamoliehi,
Oa mahlaba-poli-ka-nokaneng.

[moradiamohlomi]

Raboshabane oa mofokeng wrote:

Mofokeng oa maoto-mane!
Oa Mahlaku!
Oa Makhasane, Rasehlomeng!
Motho oa ‘Mamoliehi,
Oa mahlaba-poli-ka-nokaneng.

ntate ako rarolle thoko tsa MaVundla hle....

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Ke thabile hona hoa haesale ho iphumanela /videokhatiso ena e tlotlang MOFOKENG just visit" http://www.youtube.com/watch... ;.

[Raboshabane oa mofokeng]

Ke utloile ACTING PRESIDENT of SA(KHALEMA MOTLHANTHE) a bolela botle ba lejoe la khale-khale le leholo ahofitisisa lefatsheng about 1.89 bil.years "vredefort dome kapa Ntsoanatsatsi" moo ho bfokeng le baroa baneng ba dula teng peele ho tshimoloho ea basotho.