Sebetwane (died July 7, 1851) was a Basotho chief who after the Mfecane generated by the Zulu king Shaka migrated north in the 1820s at the head of his composite clan (called Makololo by the name of his favourite wife) from the vicinity of present-day Free State Province, in South Africa. After briefly settling near the Victoria Falls, in 1838 he passed the Zambesi River and conquered the Lozi's kingdom, in today western Zambia. An able ruler, he was both able to conciliate Makololo and Lozi and repel two attacks brought against him by Mzilikazi, king of the Ndebele. He died on July 7, 1851, shortly after meeting at Linyati, his capital, the explorer David Livingstone, with whom he developed a warm friendship. He was succeeded by his daughter Mamochisane, who early stepped down in favour of her half-brother Sekeletu.
