HC Deb 01 July 1954 vol 529 c124W
97. Mr. Brockway

asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations on what ground Headman Lekameleng Kegapetswe of Letlhakana Village, Boteti River, has been arrested and imprisoned in Bechuanaland.

Mr. J. Foster

Lekameleng Kegapetswe is not a headman. He was convicted by the Native Authority for calling a meeting which, under native law and custom, only headmen may do and was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. He did not appeal against the sentence.