Batlokwa want some dikgosi removed immediately :: Mmegi Online

The Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, has advised the Batlokwa community that any legal action they wish to pursue against their dikgosi must follow the same traditional procedures that were used to appoint the leaders.

Addressing Batlokwa members on Tuesday afternoon, the Minister emphasised that the authority to select dikgosi rests primarily with the main Kgosi, after which the wider tribe is consulted to affirm the decision. This came into light after the tribe openly told the Minister that they had thought he was giving them a response regarding their recent letter. Kgosi Puso Gaborone had recently convened a kgotla meeting in which he informed them about how he was treated by some dikgosi.

The five dikgosi who took him to court include Kgosintwa Gaborone, Kgosi Motsholathebe Gaborone, Kgosi Rammonye Matlapeng, Kgosi Stephen Korwe and Keorapetse Bashwa.

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