Bakwena ba Mogopa get king

MAFIKENG: Kgosi Lotlamoreng II of Barolong ba Botswana was among dignitaries at the opening of the refurbished House of Chiefs here on Friday by North West Premier, Edna Molewa.

At this opening, Molewa was handed a report by Judge Herbert Hendler regarding a chieftainship staleate of Bakwena ba Mogopa near Rustenburg over the rightful heir to the throne.

The commission was appointed in September last year and has received verbal and documentary evidence from various witnesses.  It was tasked to investigate the question of chieftainship and the rightful heir of the traditional community.

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