Exiled Bakgatla paramount chief Kgosikgolo Kgafela II's never-ending troubles in South Africa took a new turn on Thursday when a group of women from the royal family protested against his interference in the chieftainship crisis of their tribe. The protest comes just days before Kgafela returns to Rustenburg Civic Centre tomorrow (Monday) for the continuation of a hearing of oral evidence by The Commission on Bakgatla Chieftainship led by retired Judge Maluleka. The Commission, which started work in July 2016, was appointed by the North West Premier to receive evidence in the dispute as part of an investigation of the protracted chieftainship tussle between Kgafela and a faction led by his deposed uncle Nyalala Pilane. Kgafela's supporters have dismissed the protesting group as a bunch of sellouts, who allow themselves to be used as pawns by Nyalala, an uncle-turned-foe who has launched a spirited attempt to block Kgafela from ascending to the throne in Moruleng. Moagi Molebatsi, a leader of Mangana regiment of Bakgatla-ba-Kgafela, who are holding fort in Mochudi, told The Patriot on Sunday that the protest is a continuation of numerous attempts by people paid by Nyalala to discredit Kgafela. Hired crowd? "That Nyalala group is always there.…