Edgar�s parents claim ignorance of his whereabouts

Edgar Tsimane
Edgar Tsimane

Following the escape of Sunday Standard senior reporter Edgar Tsimane to South Africa this week, and the subsequent arrest of his editor Outsa Mokone, Mmegi Staffer Mpho Mokwape visited the scribe’s parents in Ramotswa.

We knock. The sister opens the door, and in typical Setswana fashion welcomes us by offering us chairs. We introduce ourselves and the sister makes it clear she is not too happy to see us. However she agrees to call her parents. Edgar’s mother walks in just then. We greet her and she offers in typical Setswana culture, “Rona ga rea tsoga” meaning “we are not well”. She sighs and covers he face with her hand and looks down. She recovers composure and explains,

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