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Phatudi was born in Ga-Mphahlele, the son of the chief of the Mphahlele tribe. He earned his basic education in mission schools. It was during this time that he made his contributions to the Sepedi language. He is also known to have translated some of Shakespeare's works into Sepedi. Phatudi served as president of the Federation of Inspectors of Schools in South Africa from to Phatudi became involved in the nascent Lebowa nation building exercise and had risen in prominence to the extent that when Lebowa was granted self-government on 2 October , he was appointed Minister for Education before his election as Chief Minister on 8 May Not one for wasting time settling into the role, Phatudi had been Chief Minister for one day when he informed the South African government that if Lebowa was to become self-sufficient then substantial tracts of South Africa, including a number of white towns, would need to be added to Lebowan territory.

The statement was not well received in Pretoria, although they did eventually transfer several small tracts of land to Lebowa.

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The earlier outburst aside, Phatudi was considered the most tactful of the bantustan leaders, with a modus operandi directed more at calm negotiations with Pretoria and dissident bodies than the angry outbursts epitomised by leaders like the Transkei's Kaiser Matanzima. However, when these failed, Phatudi was not above unleashing his police against political opponents.

Phatudi also successfully negotiated that Es'kia Mphahlele, who was then a prohibited person, be allowed back into the country. After this success, he later also attempted to negotiate the release of Nelson Mandela, but unfortunately this was not realised.