BACKGROUND
In accordance with Chapter 12 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, and all other applicable legislation recognising traditional leadership, the Bakoena Royal House proudly continues its mandate of cultural preservation, community leadership and ancestral stewardship. We, the Bakoena Nation based in QwaQwa, South Africa are ruled by Morena e Moholo Moremoholo Mopeli. The Bakoena Royal family is the most dominantly recognised indigenous group that reigns over the Basotho people in the country of South Africa.
Morena e Moholo is a descendent of, Morena Paulos Mopeli, who is a younger Brother of the Iconic King and founder of the Basotho Nation, Motlotlehi Rabasotho Morena Moshoeshoe I.
Since the arrival of Morena Paulos Mopeli in the then Witsieshoek region in 1868, the royal succession of the Bakoena Leadership in QwaQwa, has been preserved through generations. The lineage is as follows:
1867 - 1897
Morena Mopeli Paulos Mokhachane
1867 - 1897
Abdicated
Morena Rantsane Mopeli
1897 - 1918
Morena Ntsane I Mopeli
1897 - 1918
1918 - 1962
Morena Charles Mopeli
1963 - 1966
Morena Arthur Ntsane II Mopeli
1963 - 1966
1966 - 1978
Mofumahadi Mampoi Mopeli - Regent
1978 - 1993
Morena Motebang Mopeli
1978 - 1993
1993 - 2007
Mofumahadi Mathokoana Mopeli - Regent
2007 - 2018
Morena Thokoana Mopeli
2007 - 2018
2018 - to date
Morena Moremoholo Mopeli
Throughout this lineage, each traditional leader served with honour, and humility.
Today, His Majesty Morena e Moholo: Moremoholo Mopeli reigns as the custodian of the Bakoena Kingdom and continues to lead with wisdom, vision, and a deep commitment to the cultural legacy and social development of the Basotho people in South Africa
