The Nata chieftainship conflict

The Nata village has not escaped this phenomenon. Recent newspaper reports have carried the story of the conflict of who should be the chief. This conflict seems to be tearing the village of Nata apart. The residents of Nata village, who are predominantly Basarwa, believe that the chief should come from their own tribe. On the other hand other people believe that the chief should be elected in line with the laws of the country.

According to these laws, which have been intensively criticizes and challenged by minority groups, villages and tribes which do not belong to the eight Tswana speaking tribes cannot have a paramount chief. The chiefs in these villages are elected by the people with the approval of the paramount chief of the eight Tswana speaking tribes and the minister who is a politician of the ruling party, which enacted these laws.