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Kgafela ousted in Moruleng

Kgafela II.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Kgafela II.PIC.KENNEDY RAMOKONE

Just a month after Kgosi Kgafela Kgafela II announced his intentions to return to Botswana and announced his son as the leader of Bakgatla Ba Kgafela in Moruleng, South Africa, the North West Premier has appointed Nyalala Pilane as Kgosi.

While he had applied for derecognition of his uncle Ramono Pilane, hoping for his son Matshego Kgafela to be appointed Kgosi, North West Premier Lazzy Mokgosi has issued a certificate of recognition to Kgafela’s longtime nemesis and uncle Kgosi Nyalala Pilane.

Kgafela admits he is in shock as he never saw it coming that Nyalala could get his certificate, at least in the manner he did, labelling it a cheap trick. He has since warned that he would unleash his full wrath on Nyalala and the Premier if his son is not issued with a certificate.

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