Mob justice not good for society

Towards the end of last week, scores of residents of Molepolole invaded some of the streets of that village following the disappearance of a teenage boy who was in the company of his father fetching firewood.

The residents accused the father of ‘selling’ his child to a businessman who is also a neighbour and a friend of the family. The riots ensued when a Sangoma and a traditional doctor claimed that the boy was in the guesthouse, inciting the mob to cause a lot of destruction to the building.

The body of the boy was later found in a borehole intact with no suspicious wounds. What is disturbing is the fact that this group decided to cause a lot of destruction to the guesthouse despite the owner’s denial of knowledge of the boy’s whereabouts and presence of law enforcement officers. The mob demanded the man to open all the rooms yet they were not in possession of a court order or search warrant, before breaking the windows and doors.

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