Kgafela pleads for constitutional reform

Monday, November 08, 2010

Bakgatla Kgosi, Kgafela II, has called for an overhaul of the country's constitution. Kgafela was addressing his subjects on Sunday, a day after the High Court in Lobatse extended conditional bail to him, his brother, Mmusi, deputy Kgosi, Bana Sekai and 11 of their tribesmen.

Kgafela said the current constitution, borrowed from the colonial masters, fails to appreciate the Setswana way of life and has brought much disunity and hatred among Batswana.

"Tribal leaders who try to take their people back to the Setswana way of life, which espouses such virtues as love and truth, find themselves at odds with this system," he said.

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Kgafela pleads for constitutional reform

Bakgatla Kgosi, Kgafela II, has called for an overhaul of the country's constitution. Kgafela was addressing his subjects on Sunday, a day after the High Court in Lobatse extended conditional bail to him, his brother, Mmusi, deputy Kgosi, Bana Sekai and 11 of their tribesmen.

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