Gantsi murder: Echoes of a 20-year mystery

Tlhabologang Maauwe and Gwara Motswetla, two men who did not know their exact birthdates, were illiterate and nearly exclusively spoke a Sesarwa dialect, are today engraved as milestones in the history of the local judiciary.

In 1997, media carried pictures of the gaping graves that had been prepared for the two, as a death sentence neared its execution. The two men were spared by a last minute legal challenge, escaping the hangman’s noose by a mere six hours.