Kgafela apologises to magistrate

He made the assurance yesterday after Magistrate Nyamadzabo recused himself from hearing a case in which the Bakgatla sovereign, his younger brother Mmusi, Bana Sekai and 11 other Bakgatla tribesmen, are charged with unlawfully assaulting and occasioning actual bodily harm on some residents of Mochudi in 2009.

Immediately after the Regional Magistrate recused himself, Kgafela asked him for forgiveness concerning some unpalatable utterances he had made against him earlier - explaining that they have a big war - which at times blurs their judgment. Kgafela said his intention was not to demean or upset the Regional Magistrate.