
Kgosi Kgafela II's tribulations in South Africa – where he is fighting to entrench himself as Bakgatla paramount chief – continued this week when he suffered a double blow with the faction challenging his legitimacy successfully blocking two major events in his Moruleng diary. Nyalala blocks Kgafela Kgafela's detractors led by his arch-rival Nyalala Pilane scored a major victory on Thursday, when they obtained a court order interdicting the installation of Kgosi Pheto scheduled for yesterday (Saturday) in Lesetlheng section, Moruleng. The Nyalala camp had filed an urgent application with the Mafikeng High Court to stop the installation. The applicants in the matter are recorded as Kgosi Nyalala Molefe John Pilane, Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela Traditional Council and Royal Family of Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela Traditional Community (Moruleng). The respondents are Kgafela, David Mpule Pheto, Judge Maluleke and the Premier of North West Province. The urgent application was heard on Thursday with Mahikeng High Court judge Justice Djaje ruling in favour of Nyalala camp. She ordered that "(Kgafela, Pheto) and all those who support them are hereby interdicted from proceeding with a ceremony which may result and/ or turn-out to be an installation/enthronement of Pheto as an Acting Kgosi of the Bakgatla-Ba-Kgafela traditional community or as…