Bakgatla women go on bojale tomorrow

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The Bakgatla revival of bojale takes effect tomorrow when an estimated 1,200 of their womenfolk, mainly maidens, will be dispatched by Kgosi Kgafela II.

The traditional Tswana initiation school ended 20 years ago in Kgatleng.

The women initiates - or maswaile, as they are called in Setswana - will be headed by the wife of Kgosi Kgafela II, Mohumagadi Mma Matshego, and the wife of Kgosi Sekai Pilane, Mma Disang.

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