Khama to respond to Bakgatla this week :: Mmegi Online

The Office of the President says it will respond to a petition by Bakgatla-Baa-Kgafela this week, who last Friday requested that President Ian Khama drop the state case against their leader, Kgafela Kgafela II. Yesterday, Office of the President, spokesperson Jeff Ramsay confirmed that they received last Friday’s petition via the Ministry of Local Government.

“A response should be expected some time this week,” Ramsay said, without specifying a date. Last Friday, hundreds of Bakgatla-Baa-Kgafela in Mochudi marched from one side of the village to the other, headed by the Mangana regiment, to hand over the petition to Kgatleng District Commissioner, Wame Samapipi. The march followed a night vigil at the main kgotla.

In the petition, the tribe demands unconditional and immediate retraction of government’s de-recognition of Paramount Chief Kgafela and Kgosi Bana Sekai Linchwe as well as the withdrawal of the arrest warrant against the former.

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