Let The Bakgatla Do Bogwera Properly

The conflict between the Bakgatla and the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism over the prohibition of hunting highlights the uneasy relationship between tradition and custom on the one hand, and the national interest as it is perceived by the government on the other.

The Bakgatla, as one of the lead stories in the newspaper reports, want to hunt 100 animals in order to clothe the graduates of bogwera who should depart for the mountain next week.

The ministry, it appears, refuses to yield to their request for a dispensation to kill the animals in order top fulfill a basic part of the ritual of Bogwera.

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