Speaking at a kgotla meeting at the Bakgatla main kgotla in Mochudi, Mogapi said that flogging is good in that it has brought order in their village.

He also complained that Zimbabweans were stealing their property in Oodi and pleaded with the police to let Madibelankwe flog the "Zimbabweans before they are taken to jail. If they can't be whipped then they should not be allowed to step into Kgatleng," he said.

Bakgatla have hailed Kgosi Kgafela's use of mephato to flog wrongdoers as a successful corrective measure.
Other speakers who took the podium were unanimous in that their chief, since he came to power, has helped in reducing waywardness in Kgatleng district.

They bashed some Bakgatla for taking their complaints against flogging to the media, instead of coming to the kgotla. The speakers also accused the media of trying to paint Kgafela as a devilish leader who thrived on using violence against his people.
For them the cane is a good medicine that cannot kill anyone.

"We don't have Moretlwa (cane) which after being used on you, would cause you to have an erectile dysfunction. Those who went to the media and said they can't get it up because they were canned are not telling the truth.

They have a problem and should go and see experts in this condition (erectile dysfunction). We have our own traditional experts who are ready to help them. However I want to assure you that re tsile go kgaogana le moretlwa, motho a sena go nna motho (We will abandon whipping when people behave humanely)," said Kgosi Sekai.

Both Kgatleng legislators also agreed that flogging would help shape the Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela into a good morafe. Kgatleng East MP Isaac Mabiletsa said that Kgafela was not wrong and that by flogging, they were just following a cultural practice that has existed for a long time in their district.

For his part, the Kgatleng West MP, Gilbert Mangole said that he is happy that Kgosi Kgafela respects the Botswana constitution and has not broken the laws carried within it. He said that after Kgafela explained that there is no friction between Customary law and the constitution and other laws of Botswana, "I would be confident enough to defend my chief in parliament and any forum, because he is doing a good job in bringing wrongdoers to book," he said.

One old woman, Motlatsi Molwane gave a testimony of how flogging has brought peace and order in her homestead. She said that her grandson who has been bullying her and refusing to carry out home chores is now well behaved.

"I approached the royal leadership and reported the matter before them. They gave him six strokes and since then he is quite a good boy. He does not come home late at night making noise while I am asleep. He even cooks for me," she said causing the crowd to ululate.

Another speaker, Madisa Madisa from Morwa said that Moretlwa is good in that children who used to be stubborn are now behaving well.

He said that even alcohol abuse has been reduced in the district. This is due to the fact that Shebeen-owners who used to operate through the day, from morning till the next day, are being regulated under Kgafela's rule.

"Now people know there is time to work and time to relax and drink. Flogging should go on. It is a culture that we should hold on to," he said.

One Mokgatla man who did not give his name said government's laws are ineffective.  He said that wrongdoers should be whipped regardless of age. When one commits a crime, he added they should "take cognisance of their age, that they are old.

If you steal we flog you, because you are saying you are young enough to steal, hence you should get the punishment given the youth," he said.

He added that even women should be flogged when they break the chief's law or engage in wayward behaviour.

Another Mokgatla, Moagi Molebatsi said that the reason flogging is preferable is that unlike jail; it does not spoil one's future.

"In prisons men sleep with men and then they would bring back home diseases putting the society in danger," he said.

Meanwhile Kgosi Mothibe encouraged men to take responsibility for their children. He said it is an embarassment to be called to court to answer charges of failing to maintain your own child.

 The former regent said they have been successful in ensuring that men who impregnant young women out of wedlock pay marebana (payment for impregnanting a young woman out of wedlock).

"However I want to tell women that we would not intervene on matters (maintenance) concerning second born children. We only do it with the first born. Afterwards you will have to go to the magistrates courts and settle there. Le tshwanetse lo ikgabetse," he said.