'We Whipped Them, They Discrepect Kgatla Law'

Monday, April 19, 2010

One of the Linchwe clan, a secretary to the king, who led a tribal regiment that whipped two elders of the Family of God Church in Mochudi last week claims the church elders went against tribal law, and they disrespected the instructions of the Kgosi.

Bogopa Linchwe, personal assistant to Kgosi Kgafela II, and also a member of the Thukwi regiment, told The Monitor that he led the regiment of six men to the Church of God which had a week-long crusade at Segale School a fortnight ago.

Linchwe said the whipping of the two followed three nights of mophato visits which bore no results until the regiment decided to discipline the church elders.

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'We Whipped Them, They Discrepect Kgatla Law'

One of the Linchwe clan, a secretary to the king, who led a tribal regiment that whipped two elders of the Family of God Church in Mochudi last week claims the church elders went against tribal law, and they disrespected the instructions of the Kgosi.