Qwa
Morena Paulus Mopeli Mokhachane was a half-brother of Moshoeshoe I. He brought his followers, the Bakoena, over to this side of the mountains in the 1860s, and the land they were given became QwaQwa. He died in 1897.
The plaque below the statue is headed Tatelano ea borena bo boholo - the line of the great chieftainship - and reads:
Mopeli Paulus, to 1897
Ntsane I, 1897 to 1918
Ramatšeliso Charles, 1918 to 1962
Ntsane Arthur II, 1962 to 1965
Mofumahadi Mampoi, 1965 to 1978
Motebang, 1978 to 1993
Mofumahadi Mathokoana, 1993 to 2007
Thokoana Mopeli II, from 2007
Mofumahadi is the title for a woman holding the chieftainship, and two of the eight were women. The Dihwai tsa Mampoi tournament carries the name of one of them.
Published accounts disagree on whether the land was ceded in 1866 or in 1867. If the house keeps its own account of it, tell us and we will put it right.