Tonota

The people in Tonota are said to be Bakhurutshe who fought against some other tribes they found there and after winning the war, they owned the land and they became 'Ba bina kgama le phofu'.

Most of the people from Tonota speak Sekhurutshe-SeNgwato (a language which is merely an inclusion of Kalanga-like words in SeNgwato) and Kalanga.

The economy of the village is mainly dependent on cattle rearing, horticulture and rain fed agriculture.

Tonota village recently (5 - 7 September 2014) celebrated 100 years of existence amidst splendor and sharing of historical thoughts by the few who could still remember the long history of Bakhurutshe since 1914.

[2] Tonota is not only known as the land of ‘Manyonyomane’ (fat-cakes) but it is also home to Mr Kebatlamang Morake, who was the first cabinet minister to act as President of Botswana.