Delay in case of Bots child abducted to Zim

Delay in case of Bots child abducted to Zim
Delay in case of Bots child abducted to Zim

FRANCISTOWN: There seems to be no end in sight to repatriate a Motswana child who was spirited away by her Zimbabwean father to Zimbabwe without the permission of her mother.

The accused, Nelson Mangena, is charged with ill-treatment of a child and another count of entering Botswana illegally.

The particulars of the offences are that Mangena borrowed the child from the child’s mother who is his ex-girlfriend promising to spend the weekend with the child as usual but he never returned her to her mother.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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