The Kangaroo Court at Oodi

Kgafela, his brother and the deputy chief of Bakgatla Bana Sekai, supported the floggings and even stated publicly that they had the power to administer punishment or delegate such to mephato. The men have to face the music now. There is no doubt that there are many others who are known to have perpetrated similar offences but have not been arrested. All these people claim to have been sent by the King.

In all the cases, the victims were not afforded a hearing, but were usually whipped in the places where they were found or taken to some secluded spot. Something close to that nearly happened at a funeral in Oodi recently.