KgosI Sebele II - The Conclusion

Monday, July 29, 2019

Previously, it was noted that the 1936 High Court Judgement in the case between Dikgosi Tshekedi Khama and Bathoen II versus the High Commissioner had upheld the latter’s “unfettered and unlimited powers”, which specifically extended to the continued detention without charge or trial of their colleague Sebele II.

The judgement thus effectively blocked further legal challenges on the part of the banished Kgosi and his supporters.

As had occurred earlier in the case brought before the Privy Council in London by Kgosi Sekgoma Letsholathebe it was affirmed that as a British Protected Person, Sebele along with all other Batswana was not entitled to the basic legal protection of habeas corpus.

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KgosI Sebele II - The Conclusion