Nkosi Leruo Molotlegi
 

A graduate from Natal University's School of Architecture has been enthroned as the 36th ruler of the 800-year-old Bafokeng Kingdom at the Royal Palace of Logato. King Leruo Tshekedi Molotlegi says he will use his reign to implement Vision 2020, an economic programme that aims to use the tribe's mineral wealth to ensure it becomes self-sufficient by 2020. 

"The coronation symbolises new leadership, new ideas and a new era. It also symbolises the uniting of the people behind the leadership," said King Leruo. 

"I like to see my enthronement as an event that will unite my people behind a common vision, namely, that of Vision 2020. This is a vision for self-sustainability." 

The 300 000-strong Bafokeng ("People of the Dew") kingdom is located on the world's second-largest platinum reef, located some 150 Km northwest of Johannesburg. The royalties derived from mining have enabled the tribe to build schools, roads and clinics, to install water and electrical reticulation and to provide educational bursaries and sporting facilities. [More on Bafokeng]