Ntsweng

In the country later associated with Ntsweng lived the Bakwena, one of the Tswana peoples. Their old capital at Dithubaruba lay among the hills to the west. During the upheavals of the 1820s, Sebetwane's followers occupied Dithubaruba after fighting with the Bakwena and their neighbours. In 1826 Sebego of the Bangwaketse led an attack on the hilltop settlement and drove them out. Another Bakwena faction, including the young Sechele, had sought refuge among the Bangwato.