Hukuntsi, Kang forgotten era Bogosi disputes still rage on

In the wind: Men of Hukuntsi discuss their issues
In the wind: Men of Hukuntsi discuss their issues

There seems to be no end in sight for Bogosi disputes in two of Kgalagadi District’s main villages of Kang and Hukuntsi.

The disputes, which have their roots in the colonial era of the 1930s, have recently been going back and forth between the offices of the responsible minister and the respective kgotlas of the two villages.

With the Hukuntsi Bogosi, former Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Peter Siele, tried to resolve the impasse by installing Cosmos Biki Moapare, the eldest son to the late Kgosi Anthony Moapare. Kgosi Anthony Moapare died in October 2012 and Molaodi Leipego, the current protagonist in the matter, was appointed acting kgosi.

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