UDC applauds Bakgatla's chieftaincy restoration
Nnasaretha Kgamanyane | Tuesday August 27, 2019 11:02
UDC’s head of communications, Moeti Mohwasa has welcomed the Judicial Commission recommendations, and commended the South African North West Premier, Professor Job Mokgoro for accepting and asserting the power of Kgosikgolo Kgafela as the supreme leader of Bakgatla both in Botswana and in South Africa.
“Bakgatla in Mochudi and Moruleng are one people. The UDC agrees with the commission and the Premier that Bakgatla are one people and it is important to restore and retain the heritage and unity the tribe has enjoyed for over 200 years. UDC believes that traditional leadership plays an important role in both local community and national development,” Mohwasa stated in a press release.
He also noted Kgafela's fight for justice and constitutional reform and therefore assured Kgafela that the incoming UDC government would be willing to work with him and other traditional leaders to bring about a constitutional dispensation that truly represents the wishes and aspirations of Batswana.
He added that they would work with traditional leaders to forge a Botswana that is progressive and they would preside over a government that is fair, just and accountable to the people. He also noted that the UDC welcomes that massive victory and wishes to congratulate Kgafela and Bakgatla as a whole in that deserved historic feat.