Morosi was a Baphuthi chief in the wild southern part of Basutoland.
12 Facts About Morosi
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Morosi led a revolt against the Cape Colony government in 1879, in defence of his independence south of the Orange River.
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Morosi was beheaded and his body mutilated by Cape troops.
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Morosi was the son of Mokuane, a Baphuthi man, and Maidi at Marunyeng in Mohale's hoek district.
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At the time they lived at the source of the Tele River, Mokuane was 60 years old and thus Morosi had undertaken most of his responsibilities.
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In early 1829, Morosi went on a successful joint expedition with Moshoeshoe I against the Thembu of Ngubengcuka who lived below the Drakensberg, carrying away large herds of cattle.
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Morosi won a skirmish against the British at Dulcie's Nek on the border between the Herschel District of the Cape Colony and the Quthing District of Basutoland on 21 February 1851.
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On 20 June 1865, before daylight 2000 warriors under Poshuli and Morosi crossed the Caledon near its junction with Wilgeboom Spruit, and commenced to ravage the district before them.
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Poshuli and Morosi ravaged the country, and at the junction of the Caledon and Wilgeboom rivers, killed 13 white men on 20 June 1865.
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Morosi was besieged by up to 800 Cape soldiers and 1,500 Sotho, who had been lured by Griffith on the understanding that they would not be subject to disarmament under the Cape Peace Preservation Act of 1878.
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Morosi's wives were killed, as were some 200 of his men.
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The Cape Government of Prime Minister Gordon Sprigg, in eventually overcoming Morosi, was assisted by Basuto soldiers armed with guns.