A rape victim narrates her ordeal
Friday, March 19, 2010
"I came to Gaborone to look for a job leaving my parents who were working as teachers in Francistown. I came to stay with my grandparents'. My grandparents have since passed on, but each of their children -my mother's siblings, including her, have a house of their own in the yard - it's a big yard, just so that when things don't work out wherever they are, they can always have a place to sleep. So I occupied my mother's house, a little away, not too far though from the main house." That decision would forever change Tsaone's life.
Having grown up in the home where she now stayed after a four-year absence, she knew just about everyone of her neighbours. She also knew - or believed, that she was safe at home. Indeed she had heard on one or two occasions about some petty robberies where a cellphone or a handbag was snatched from someone in the neighbourhood. A few break-ins had also been reported....but, never anything like what was about to happen to her on that fateful night.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...