For Mollwane was an enigma, someone that we knew but did not fully understand his depth. All of us knew a vital trait of the man, for he commanded a powerful presence that was felt by both young and old, Mofokeng and non-Mofokeng alike. His reputation, his reticence and steadfastness preceded Mollwane the man. There are certain qualities that we look for in a leader. If we have to judge this leader, as we mortals are wont, let us judge him not to berate him, but to learn from him so that we should not do that which he shied from doing.
True leaders have vision, strength of character, and, moral rectitude, compassion and wisdom.
I have no doubt that Kgosi Lebone Molotlegi II had all these things. When he answered to the call of duty after his father's soul departed for a place yonder, the young man was not intimidated by the sheer enormity of the task of leading a people as exacting and as fastidious as Bafokeng. He was confident, but not complacent, that he would succeed to restore intact the honour and dignity which Bafokeng yearned for after decades of political oppression. He had a vision of a people with full political, social and economic rights. He was not a politician of the ordinary kind, but he understood the politics of economics.