Govt bans Sekai
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
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Government has added Sekai to list of prohibited chiefs
Signed by the minister, Peter Siele, Statutory Instrument No. 36 of 2016 of April 11, 2014 reads: “Bana Sekai is hereby prohibited from purporting to exercise the functions of Kgosi of the Bakgatla tribe,” adding that, “no person shall treat him as Kgosi of Bakgatla tribe”.
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