This happened in a week that has seen some senior Bakgatla royals being convicted by a Gaborone Magistrate's Court - for causing a P1 million damage by destroying a telecommunications tower in Mochudi.The meeting around the fire was preceded by a joyous moment brought about by the President's charitable gesture at the Kgotla, where he handed out hundreds of blankets to the needy in Mochudi.With President Khama and his senior cabinet and government officials were Bakgatla royals Mmusi and Bakgatle, both of whom are Kgosi Kgafela's brothers.
Kgatleng chief's representative, Segale Linchwe, and the suspended President of the Customary Court of Appeal, Mothibe Linchwe and other Bakgatla tribal leaders, were also at the meeting where issues of mutual concern were discussed with the President. The Bakgatla elders also had dinner around the fire with the President and his entourage.President Khama was accompanied by among others, Local Government Minister, Peter Siele, Environment and Tourism Minister, Kitso Mokaila, Education and Skills Development Minister Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi, Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Minister Mokgweetsi Masisi and the Attorney General Athaliah Molokomme.
