What�s next for Kgafela?

His relocation to Moruleng, South Africa, came at the time when he was facing charges of illegally flogging some of his subjects. Government had treated Kgafela as a fugitive ever since.  It was not before long in Moruleng that Kgafela and his royal uncle fell out, ending a two-decade relationship between Pilane and the royal family in Mochudi. It was Kgafela’s father, Kgosi Linchwe II who installed Pilane chief of Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela in Moruleng in 1995.

While it is still a subject of debate on what led to the fall out, some say that Kgafela was unimpressed with the handling of the finacial matters by his uncle. Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela in Moruleng have cunningly invested in mining and property. The tribe is considered one of the richest tribes in the North West province.