Silwerkrans is a village in Bojanala District Municipality in the North West province of South Africa. The village is occupied by the Batlokwa ba Bogatsu tribe. The Batlokwa are thought to have occupied this village around 1800s. Kgosi (Chief) Bernard Labius Mokalake Ipuseng Motsatsi of the village passed on the 13 September 2012. The royal house has still not inaugurated a new Kgosi for the village. Dr Lesedi Motsatsi is the heir to throne and is yet to be enthroned.Tlokweng village has different sub-clans (makgotla) led by dikgosana.

Silwerkrans Tlokweng
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Coordinates: 25.499°S 26.630°E / -25.499; 26.630
Country	South Africa
Province	North West
District	Bojanala
Municipality	Moses Kotane
Area [1]
• Total	22.61 km2 (8.73 sq mi)
Population  (2001)[1]
• Total	12,124
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
First languages (2001)
• Tswana	97.65%
• Xhosa	0.54%
• Sotho	0.37%
• Other	1.44%
Time zone	UTC+2 (SAST)
PO box	2839
Area code	014

Geography

The village has historically been divided into different sections that were mainly aligned by clans (Makgotla). Some of the oldest sections includes Rathoane,Rasennelo,Ramolefe,Mokgwa,Siko,Mmaotse Raseekana,Rakuba, Ramochina, Ramoji, Ramodisa, Raphiri, Lekubung, Monneng, Ledubeng, Rramothibe, Kgosing,Metejwe, Sopeng and Raleoto. Raleoto extends the village east of the Mase River and consists of sub-sections namely Phokojweng,Ranthoakgale,Mothowammona,Masetlheng,Matshelapata,Terateng and Dinngogong. Kolontwane and Mase are two main rivers running across the village from the south to the north. Kolontwane River is popular for having a waterfall called Metsi-a-wa, which attracts pilgrims who come to perform spiritual rituals.

Education and Eminent Personalities

Tlokweng has three Primary schools and two Secondary schools. The primary schools are Bogatsu Primary School, Thakadu Primary School and Mokalake Primary School. The Secondary schools are Kgosibodiba Secondary School and Motlhaputseng High School.Notable residents of Silwerkrans include Justice Bess Nkabinde,Prof Shole Shole and Dennis Tshetlhane

Religion

The village has a rich history of religious activities with the wide practice of Christianity. Tlokweng also has strong traditional and cultural religion. It is still widely common for ancestral practices (ditiro tsa Badimo) to be held within families in the village. Some of the mainstream churches in Tlokweng includes Transvaal Basotho Church (also known as RraBedi), Lutheran Church, Zion Christian Church (ZCC), Apostolic Faith Mission, Pentecostal Holiness Church, Roman Catholic Church, International Pentecostal Christian Church (also known as kwa-Modise) and a wide variety of traditional Zionist Churches. Since the early 1990s there has been a wide proliferation of charismatic Christian churches.Some of these churches include El Shadai Ministries and many others using temporary tents as church gathering facility. Some of the best known preachers in the village includes Reverend Thobedi of Lutheran Church, Reverend Tshinangwe of Pentecostal Holiness Church and the young generation of charismatic churches.

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