Mangadi ascends Ratholo bogosi amid murmurs

Kgosi Mangadi
Kgosi Mangadi

RATHOLO: Ditshotlo Mangadi was last week crowned Ratholo Kgosi despite the ongoing conflicts in the village.

Ratholo, which is in the Tswapong District, has been without a leader for close to five years and he replaces Molefhe Mangadi who died in 2013.

Mangadi (Molefhe) came after Tshupelo Direkileng who got the position through elections and later died in 1999.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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