Fire-Fight At Boswelakgosi

The meeting was held, but failed to resolve anything. In response to Sechele’s call that he justify his demand for Mosielele, Scholtz underscored the real issues at stake by calling on the Bakwena and their allies to agree to disarm and be prepared to supply free labour to the Boers, as well as cooperate in the apprehension of fugitives.

Sechele replied that he would remain a Kgosi through the grace of God and his people, not the Boers, adding that as with Mzilakazi in the past, he would never accept the Transvaal leader Andries Pretorius, as his “Tautona”.