[4] The incident prompted Sir Charles Rey, the British Resident Commissioner, to try to curb the chief's powers, as a result of which the two men frequently clashed.

[2] In 1948 Seretse Khama, who was then studying in England, informed Tshekedi that he intended to marry Ruth Williams, an English woman.

After Seretse was acclaimed paramount chief, Tshekedi and some of his followers went into temporary exile in Rametsana, in the Kweneng district of Botswana.

Tshekedi pushed for the consolidation of local democracy and constitutional change, which eventually led to the protectorate's independence as Botswana.

[2] Chief Khama's daughter, Princess Semane, married the king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation in South Africa.

Chief Khama was portrayed by the South African actor Vusi Kunene in the Hollywood film A United Kingdom.