Leetile Disang Raditladi

**Leetile Disang Raditladi** (1910–1971) e ne e le mokwadi wa metshameko le mmoki wa Motswana. O tsholetswe kwa Serowe mme a bona dithuto tsa gagwe kwa yunibesithing ya Tiger Kloof, Lovedale le ya Fort Hare. Mokwadi yo o nang le bokgoni, o ne a nna le buka ya gagwe ya ntlha, e leng biography ya ga Khama III, e e neng ya amogelwa go gatisiwa fa a ne a sa ntse a le kwa sekolong se segolo kwa Lovedale. Buka e moragonyana e ne ya phimolwa ke balaodi ba Tshireletso ya Bechuanaland mme ya se ka ya gatisiwa.

O lelekilwe kwa Bangwato Reserve ka ngwaga wa 1937 morago ga gore Tshekedi Khama, kgosi ya Bangwato a latofatse Raditladi ka boaka le mosadi wa gagwe ga mmogo le go loga leano la go mo lowa. Morago ga moo Raditladi o ne a dira jaaka mokwaledi wa tirelo ya bokolone mme ka bonako a nna Motswana wa maemo a a kwa godimo mo Protectorate. Go latela maitemogelo a gagwe le Tshekedi, Raditladi o ne a kwala motshameko wa gagwe ya ditso wa Motswasele II, e leng tiro ya gagwe e e tumileng thata. Setlhogo se segolo sa tiro e ke sa bobusaesi jwa segosi le ditlamorago tse di sokameng tsa bobusaesi jo bo ntseng jalo.

Ka ngwaga wa 1944 Kgosi Moremi III wa Batawana o ne a kopa makgoa go tlhoma Raditladi go nna tlhogo ya lekala la Tsetse Fly Control kwa Ngamiland. Ka go nna jalo o ne a nna Motswana wa ntlha go etelela pele lephata la puso. Morago ga dingwaga di le pedi, Moremi a mo tlhoma go nna Mokwaledi wa Morafe. Go tlhomiwa mono go diragetse pelenyana fela ga loso lwa ga Moremi, mme morago ga moo kgosi e ne ya tlhatlhangwa ke mosadi wa gagwe, motshwarelela-bogosi EP Moremi. Raditladi le Motshwarelela-bogosi, ka bobedi ba tsholetswe kwa mafelong a sele, ba ne ba laola Ngamiland ka thata mme ba tsosa sekgopi ka bonako. Lorato lwa bone lwa sephiri le lone la nna phatlalatsa. Mo bokhutlong jwa ngwaga wa 1950 Motshwarelela-bogosi o ne a patelesega go senya mpa ya ngwana wa ga Raditladi, tiragalo e e neng ya dira gore baganetsi ba ga Raditladi ba mo leleke mo Ngamiland ba mo supile ka ditlhobolo.

Ka dingwaga tsa bo 1940 Raditladi o ne a nna le seabe se segolo mo go tlhomeng motshameko wa kgwele ya dinao mo Botswana, mme o ne a eteletse go tlhamiwa ga diliki mo dikarolong tse di kwa bokone le kwa borwa jwa lefatshe.

Ka ngwaga wa 1958 fa a sena go boela kwa Serowe, Raditladi o ne a tlhama lekoko la Bechuanaland Protectorate Federal Party. Raditladi o ne a na le dingwaga di le dintsi a kwala dikhutswe tsa makwalodikgang a sepolotiki ka leina la maitirelo la "Observer", mme bokgoni jwa gagwe jwa bobegadikgang ga bo a ka jwa fetogela mo dipolotiking tse di atlegileng. Morago ga gore lekoko la gagwe le fifadiwe ke mekgatlho e mengwe ya bosetšhaba o ne a ya kwa thoko mme a nna le seabe se sennye mo go eng kwa boipusong ka 1966.

Raditladi o kwadile metshameko e le mmalwa ya ditso, dikgang tsa lorato le maboko. Ka 2008 mogogoro o mogolo wa thulano mo Mercury o ne wa reelelwa ka Raditladi.

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