However, the tribe leadership led by deputy paramount chief, Tsimane Mokgosi, publicly rebuked the family for their utterances.A member of the newly initiated Balete male regiment, a Mr Noge, started the war of words when he stood up, girded in traditional Balete regiment outfit, and announced that the deceased was actually sick when he joined the initiation school. That prompted the deceased's brother to stand up and 'clarify', "Gaa lwala; ga a a tswa fa a lwala, ke mo okile" (he was not sick at all, when he left, I'm the one who had to look after him).Another family member, Joyce Makaka, who says she looked after Chaa during his short illness, narrated to the mourners how as fit as a fiddle Chaa left for the initiation school only to return very sickly.
However, Mokgosi told the mourners he could not disclose what goes on during the initiation ceremony because it is taboo. The deputy chief, who said he was speaking on behalf of Balete paramount chief, Mosadi Seboko, blamed a member of the family, Chaa's brother, who went to a local radio station announcing how they were made to drink concoctions that allegedly took Chaa's life.Mokosi said he had been sent to rebuke the family as well as to bid the deceased farewell. Mokgosi narrated how he knew the deceased. He said instead of blaming the initiation school for the death of Chaa, people should be celebrating the return of bogwera after 31 years. He however absolved the initiation school of Chaa's death, adding that the deceased concluded the exercise but could not attend the ceremony because he was ill in hospital.
