Sekwati
Sekwati was a 19th-century paramount King of the Maroteng or more commonly known as the Pedi people. His reign focused on rebuilding the Pedi Kingdom on the conclusion of the Mfecane and maintaining peaceful relations with the Boer Voortrekkers and neighbouring chiefdoms in the north-eastern Transvaal. He was the father to rivals Sekhukhune I who took over the Marota/Pedi paramountcy by force and Mampuru II, his rightful successor. By the death of his father Thulare I in 1824, the Marota or Pedi Kingdom was in a state of despair due to the turbulances caused by the  Mfecane ("the crushing") or Difeqane ("the scattering") and encroaching white settlers (Boers) into the Transvaal. Sekwati came into power after the death of his older brothers who were killed during raids by Mzilikazi's Matabele warriors and other Zulu invaders. To counter harassment by his more power Swazi and Zulu neighbours he moved his capital from Phiring to Thaba Mosego on the slope of the Leolo Mountains where he built fortified walls to repel further attacks.