Gov�t fails to Spoil Chief�s crowning

Government pn Friday confiscated the leopard and lion hides, which had previously been approved
Government pn Friday confiscated the leopard and lion hides, which had previously been approved

MANYANA: It was supposed to be a party to rival all parties here as the villagers were preparing to drape their chief with a leopard skin on Saturday as a symbol of his assuming the highest position of Chief in the tribe.

Their dreams were shattered as the Assistant Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, France van der Westhuizen and the Southern District Commissioner (DC), Mmoloki Raletobana visited the village on Friday and announced that they were instructed by the government to take away the leopard skin that was to drape Kgosi Kebinatshwene Mosielele.

It was reported that at a closed meeting with the village chiefs, the duo announced to be acting under a government directive that the Bahurutshe boo-Manyana should bring back the leopard and lion hides that they had earlier applied for.

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