Balete Square Off Over Initiation Schools
Monday, September 02, 2019

Bojale at Ramotswa PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Mokgosi further said action would be taken against dikgosi who participated in the school. Ntlhayagodimo Kgotla in Ramotswa was on Saturday packed with Bamalete who had come to witness as 12 women graduated from bojale.
This is despite efforts by the village leadership to try and stop those who held the classes to do so and even went to the secret location to stop them. Following the event, Mokgosi said he was disappointed that the Registrar of Societies delayed in stopping the activities.
Instead, it has sparked a storm of accusations, denials, and unresolved questions about the influence of De Beers on the nation’s politics. Former president Mokgweetsi Masisi’s claims that the diamond giants bankrolled his removal to dodge taxes – and that the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government watered down a favourable diamond deal – are explosive matters. But without evidence, they risk becoming a toxic distraction from...