Kgosi

Kgosi (/ˈkoʊsi/; go bidiwa ga Setswana: [ˈkχʊ.si]) ke sereto sa moeteledipele wa boswa wa morafe wa batho ba Batswana le ba Aforika Borwa."Kgosi dictionary definition | kgosi defined". www.yourdictionary.com. Retrieved 2020-05-26.

 Tiriso 
Lefoko "kgosi" ke lefoko la Setswana le le kayang "kgosi" kgotsa "kgosi". Go ka tsenngwa ditlhogwana tse di farologaneng mo lefokong go fetola bokao jwa lone: ​​go tsenya tlhogwana di- go dira popego ya bontsi dikgosi; mogatlana wa bosadi -gadi o dira lefoko kgosigadi; mme mogatlana wa letlhaodi -kgolo, o o kayang "bogolo", o tlhama kgosikgolo, lefoko le le kayang "moeteledipele yo mogolo".

Ke sereto se gantsi se fiwang batho ba maemo kwa Botswana le mafatshe a a mabapi kwa go nang le batho ba ba buang Setswana teng. Ofisi ya boeteledipele jwa morafe e bidiwa bogosi fa motho yo o tsayang ofisi e le kgosi.Government of Botswana 2008, p. 2

 Ditiro 
Molao wa Bogosi wa 2008 o tlhalosa dithata tsa dikgosi. Go ya ka molao wa Bogosi, kgosi ya morafe o na le ditiro di le mmalwa: go tsamaisa morafe, go rulaganya diphuthego tsa kgotla, le go sala melawana le dikgakololo tsa puso ya setshaba le maloko a morafe morago. Dikgosi tsa merafe e megolo e le robedi ya Batswana di nna maloko a Ntlo ya Dikgosi ka botsone fela, e leng lekgotla la bogakolodi mo teng ga Palamente ya Botswana.

Kgosi e na le bokgoni jwa go tlhoma mothusa kgosi yo o dirang jaaka moeteledipele wa nama o sa tshwere fa kgosi ene a sa kgone go dira tiro ya gagwe ka nakwana.Government of Botswana 2008, p. 4. Se se farologana le motshwarelela bogosi, ofisi e e tlhamiwang fa kgosi a sa kgone go dira tiro ya gagwe ruri mme go tlhokega kgosi yo o tla mo emisetsang.Government of Botswana 2008, p. 3

Molao o o kgadilwe ke baeteledipele ba merafe ka ntlha ya ditekanyetso tsa dithata tsa kgosi.Gabzfm 2011 Ka ngwaga wa 2010, Kgosi Kgafela II wa morafe wa baKgatla o ne a latofadiwa ka go kgwathisa, mme o ne a nganga gore dikgosi di na le tshireletso mo taolong ya puso. Kgotlakgolo ya ditsheko ya Botswana e ne ya kgaphela kgetse kwa thoko ka Motsheganong a le lesome le motso 2011, e bolela gore "dikgosi ga di kake tsa dira kwa ntle ga molaomotheo le melao e e beilweng ke Palamente fa badiredi ba bangwe botlhe ba puso ba dira mo teng ga melelwane e e beilweng ke molao."Gulbrandsen 2012, p. 157 Go tila ditshenyegelo tsa semolao tsa kgetse, Kgafela o ne a fudugela kwa Moruleng,Afrika Borwa.Letswamotse 2012

 Dinopolo 

 Gabzfm (3 November 2011). "Dikgosi wants constitution to restore their powers". Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

 Government of Botswana (30 April 2008). "Bogosi Act" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

 Gulbrandsen, Ørnulf (March 2012). The State and the Social: State Formation in Botswana and Its Pre-Colonial and Colonial Genealogies. New York City: Berghahn Books. p. 343. ISBN 9780857452979. LCCN 2011037469.

 Letswamotse, Phaladi (18 April 2012). "Kgafela is broke". The Botswana Gazette. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2012.

 Metswedi 

 Tse di kwa ntle 

 Traditional Government and Social Order as explained by the Embassy of Botswana in Japan
 https://www.sundaystandard.info/the-kgosi-chronicles-part-one-defining-the-problem/