[1] In 1923, Gagoangwe, already dying from cancer, became motshwareledi, with a determination to preserve rule for her eight-year-old grandson Bathoen II.

[2] She died from cancer in the same year, but before her death she ensured that regency for Bathoen II would continue under his aunt Ntebogang Ratshosa's care.

[2] Plaques of locusts were a major issue and early in Ntebogang's reign she took measures to enable farmers to try and combat their effects.

[3] Ntebogang's members of the Seventh Day Adventist Church gave her the contacts necessary to establish a healthcare system in Gangwaketse.

[2] Despite this success, the example of the relative scarcity of medical care compared to the population in her country was used as an example when other chiefs wanted to clarify with the British government the role of 'native doctors': "Where, then, will the majority of our people get white men's medicine?

[2] However, Ntebogang believed that if the South Africans found minerals whilst digging wells, they would claim the land as their own.

[3] At the accession of Bathoen II to the kingship of the Bangwatetse in 1928, Ntebogang gave a speech in Setswana highlighting the responsibility of rule.

[5] Her rule, and that of other regents like her mother and Mohumagadi Moremi, was significant as it heralded an era where women in Botswana could take an increasingly active role in politics.

[note 1] She had continued to advise Bathoen II throughout his rule and had remained a staunch member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church.