Lebowa
… period, Lebowa was the homeland of the North Sotho people. It became a semi-independent national state in 1972. … as the national territory for the northern Sotho people (Pedi, Lovedu, Kanga-Kone, and others). A territorial … soon after the first election, held in 1973. The Lebowa People’s Party, under Chief Minister C.N. Phatudi, controlled …