The enquiry was held three days later, during which time Horne’s account of the incident was largely discredited. He subsequently felt compelled to beg the Bakwena for forgiveness. Stigand nonetheless warned the Bakwena that the Boers were not under the kgotla and could not be arrested.
Notwithstanding Stigand’s pronouncement, Sebele’s Batshegetsi-ba-molao continued to insist that Europeans respect mekwe le melao ya Sekwena. In the years that followed at least three more Boer wagons found their way to Kgosing following separate Sunday incidents.