Evangelical Fellowship may sue Bakgatla leaders

In a hard-hitting letter published in this paper, the organisation says it "reserves [its] rights in law" while it calls on the government to reign in Bakgatla tribal leaders.   The letter follows the flogging of pastors of the Family of God church and  and subsequent closure of the church in Mochudi.  The EFB says the government must act swiftly and, " ensure that there is a difference between law enforcement officers and tribal regiments who have become a law unto themselves."

" We call upon instruments of the law, such as police to guard meetings of potential conflict and exercise their authority for the citizens of this country to freely gather and worship", the EFB says in a statement released yesterday.