Kgafela Tears Molokomme's Riot Act To Pieces

On the January 25 this year, a press release in the Daily News by the Attorney General stated how corporal punishment should be administered under Botswana laws, specifically addressing what she said was the ensuing debates on the issue. The press release was regarded as a reprimand of Bakgatla tribal administration and their regiment, Madibelankwe, as they have been flogging people deemed to be wayward in their behavior. As if that was not enough, the Bakgatla leader and his captains met the Minister of Justice and Security Ramadeluka Seretse, where they were told to hold a kgotla meeting to explain how the so-called corporal punishment should be administered.

That kgotla meeting was held on Saturday, with many hoping to see an embarrassed Kgafela spelling out Dr Athaliah Molokomme's regulations on the administration of corporal punishment.