Ramotswa is a village in South-East District

South-East District (Botswana)

South-East is one of the districts of Botswana.The capital city of Botswana, Gaborone, is surrounded by this district. The administrative capital for the South-East district is the village of Ramotswa....

 of Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

, southwest of the capital of Gaborone

Gaborone

' is the capital and largest city of Botswana with a population of 191,776 based on a 2006 survey, about 10% of the total population of Botswana....

. The population was 20,680 in 2001 census.
It is the tribal capital of the BaLete

Bamalete

Bamalete, or baMalete, is the traditional name of a Southern African Tswana tribe of Nguni descent, who tend to prefer the modern name Balete...

, an ethnic minority springing from the Nguni

Nguni people

-History:The ancient history of the Nguni people is wrapped up in their oral history. According to legend they were a people who migrated from Egypt to the Great Lakes region of sub-equatorial Central/East Africa...

 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

Paramount chief

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 in Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

. Seboko took on her role as a village leader and representative to the House of Chiefs

House of chiefs

A House of chiefs is a post-colonial assembly, either legislative or advisory, that is recognised by either a national or regional government as consisting of and providing a collective, public voice for an ethnic group's pre-colonial authorities...

 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

Women's rights

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 in southern Africa

Africa

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.

The nearby hamlet of Otse

Otse

Otse is a village in South-East District of Botswana. It is located 60 km south of Gaborone, along the Gabarone–Lobatse road and close to the border with South Africa. This village is home to the Balete people who are related to those in Ramotswa, Gabane and Mogobane. The population was...

 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

Police XI

Police XI is a football club from Botswana based in Otse.-Performance in CAF competitions:*CAF Champions League: 2 appearances*CAF Cup: 1 appearance...

, Botswana Premier League champions for 2006, are also based in Otse.

The climate

Climate

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 is semi-arid

Semi-arid

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, vegetation is a tree and shrub savanna

Savanna

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. 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 on most days.