Bakgatla royals in SA to defend Mochudi as headquarters

Bakgatla Kgotla meeting
Bakgatla Kgotla meeting

The Botswana-based Bakgatla royal family is in South Africa to submit their report to the North West Premier, Supra Mahumapelo’s Commission of Judicial Inquiry on the Bakgatla chieftaincy dispute

The Commission was appointed by Mahumapelo after disapproving the initial report by the Commission on the grounds that they did not consult Botswana-based Bakgatla to hear their side of the story.

Some of the Moruleng royal families want to cut ties with the Botswana-based Bakgatla and want to rule themselves without Botswana-based Bakgatla, while Botswana-based Bakgatla contend that Bakgatla chieftaincy has always been led and headquartered from Botswana and cannot change at the mere calls of disgruntled protestors.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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