John Madawo Nswazwi is a former chief of the BaKalanga

BaKalanga

The Kalanga, also known as the Bakalanga are one of the first Bantu speaking tribes to migrate to present day Botswana, followed by the Bakgalagadi and then the Batswana . The Kalanga had first settled in Mapungubwe in South Africa, the first Kalanga state. They later moved to the Great Zimbabwe...

 Baka-Nswazwi

Baka-Nswazwi

Ba-ka-Nswazwi are originally Bapedi of Mujaji . They are found in Tutume, Nswazwi, Marapong, Masunga and Nkange in Botswana. They have been assimilated over the years into Kalanga culture and lost their language. They were led by John Madawo Nswazwi, who was born in Nswazwi in then Bechuanaland in...

. He was born in Nswazwi

Nswazwi

Nswazwi is a village in Central District of Botswana. It is located close to the border with Zimbabwe. The village has primary and secondary schools, a clinic and a brigade development trust. The population was 1,741 as of the 2001 census....

 in then Bechuanaland in 1875. He ruled from 1910 to 1960 having succeeded his father, Kuswani Nswazwi (Nswazwi VII). He was exiled to Mafikeng

Mafikeng

Mahikeng – formerly legally, but still commonly known as Mafikeng – is the capital city of the North-West Province of South Africa. It is best known internationally for the Siege of Mafeking, the most famous engagement of the Second Boer War.Located on South Africa's border with Botswana, it is ...

 in 1947 by the colonial government

Government

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 as a result of a conflict with the Bangwato regent Tshekedi Khama

Tshekedi Khama

Tshekedi Khama was the regent of the Bamangwato tribe in 1923 after the death of Sekgoma II.-Background:...

. After he was released In 1948, Chief Nswazwi went on exile to Rhodesia

Rhodesia

Rhodesia , officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised state located in southern Africa that existed between 1965 and 1979 following its Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965...

 . He died on May 14, 1960. He was buried in Jetjeni and his remains were later transferred to Nswazwi

Nswazwi

Nswazwi is a village in Central District of Botswana. It is located close to the border with Zimbabwe. The village has primary and secondary schools, a clinic and a brigade development trust. The population was 1,741 as of the 2001 census....

village in 2002.