A kgotla (English pronunciation /ˈkoʊt.lə/ or /kˈɡɒt.lə/) is a public meeting, community council or traditional law court of a Botswana village. It is usually headed by the village chief or headman, and community decisions are always arrived at by consensus. Headmen usually work as the advisers to the chief.no one may interrupt while someone is "having their say". In fact there is a Setswana saying that the highest form of war is dialogue or Ntwakgoloke ya molomo" in Setswana. ([ Because of this tradition, Botswana claims to be one of the world's oldest democracies.