Kgotla floggings and class among Batswana

Bakgatla-ba-ga-Kgafela are some of the leading merafe when it comes to being custodians of the Setswana culture and their dikgosi has publicly announced that they will uphold this practice which is an eyesore to some. The bone of contention among some Batswana is that it seems to be aimed at people who are deemed to be either less important or poor.

Ironically, the same Bakgatla were forced to relocate to Botswana from South Africa under unsavoury circumstances when their leader, Kgosi Kgamanyane, was humiliated by the Boers who publicly flogged him for 'insubordination'.