Kgosi Galeshewe | |
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Born | 1835 South Africa |
Died | 1924 Hartswater |
Kgosi (Chief) Galeshewe, (c. 1835 - 1924), was a chief of the Batlhaping group in South Africa. He was an anti-colonial revolutionary and orchestrated rebellions against the Cape Colony government. The Galeshewe Township in the Sol Plaatje Municipality, Kimberley, has been named after him. A South African Navy fast attack craft has also been named after him. Galeshewe was born in 1835 near Taung, South Africa.