Kgosi Galeshewe was a chief

Tribal chief

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 of the Tlhaping tribe in South Africa

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. The Kimberley

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 (now Sol Plaatje

Sol Plaatje

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 Municipality) township

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 of Galeshewe

Galeshewe

Galeshewe is a township located in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. It is named after Kgosi Galeshewe....

 as well as a South African Navy

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 fast attack craft

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 is named after him.

Galeshewe was captured in 1878 following an attack on Cornforth Hill near Taung, a raid in which Francis Thompson and his nephew were savagely murdered, and was subsequently sentenced to twelve years imprisonment for his part in the uprising. In 1897, during a rinderpest outbreak, he again clashed with the police and military at Phokwane near Hartswater

Hartswater

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. As a result, he was imprisoned for his part in the what became known as the Langeberg Rebellion. He died at Magogong, north of Hartswater, in 1927.