Kgafela apologises to magistrate :: Mmegi Online

Bakgatla paramount chief, Kgafela Kgafela has assured the Gaborone Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nyamadzabo that there is no bad blood between his tribe and the judicial officer despite the fact that they do not want him to preside over their case.

He made the assurance yesterday after Magistrate Nyamadzabo recused himself from hearing a case in which the Bakgatla sovereign, his younger brother Mmusi, Bana Sekai and 11 other Bakgatla tribesmen, are charged with unlawfully assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm on some residents of Mochudi in 2009.

Immediately after the Regional Magistrate recused himself, Kgafela asked him for forgiveness concerning some unpalatable utterances he had made against him earlier - explaining that they have a big war - which at times blurs their judgment. Kgafela said his intention was not to demean or upset the Regional Magistrate.

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Kgafela apologises to magistrate

Bakgatla paramount chief, Kgafela Kgafela has assured the Gaborone Regional Magistrate Barnabas Nyamadzabo that there is no bad blood between his tribe and the judicial officer despite the fact that they do not want him to preside over their case.

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