Mosanana bemoans laws 'ignoring' victims
Innocent Selatlhwa | Tuesday June 17, 2025 10:44
Suspects in the matter, two foreign nationals remain at large. The 38-year-old woman was found lifeless in her bedroom with both her hands and legs tied up and her mouth gagged. The slain mother was pronounced dead upon arrival at the Bamalete Lutheran Hospital. She was found in the bedroom alongside her 18-month-old unharmed child.
Murder suspects have been identified as Fanes Manyewe, a Zimbabwean, and Adriano Caetano, a Mozambican. The two suspects had made away with the victim's car which has since been recovered, police confirmed. The incident, alongside other terrible ones that have taken place in Molapowabojang, are a source of concern for Mosanana who was amongst the multitudes that came to bid Ramhago farewell.
“This village of ours, Molapowabojang has a lot of things going on that always leave us out of words, not knowing what to say or what to do. I trust and believe that very soon, the police will arrest the culprits and they will answer for what they did,” he said.
Despite his conviction that the police will make arrests, he is not happy with what would then ensue. Mosanana said Botswana has some laws that do not really work for the citizens.
“In July, as we get back to Parliament, which will be for making laws, we will strive to try make progressive laws because some of the current laws are old and redundant. For example, after what has taken place, one would be imprisoned and being fed by government for many years and living happily, whilst they have denied children of the victim the care they could have gotten from their parent. It is a painful thing, but since we say we are a human rights nation, there is nothing much we can do. But some of these laws are not working for us,” he said, to the murmuring in agreement of mourners.
He also gave an example of theft cases where criminals would enjoy bail and continue with their criminal acts. “It is just like theft, especially stock theft. One would be arrested today, the following week he is released and goes on to steal again in order to raise legal fees. These laws are not good for us. If I am offending anyone by saying this, they will forgive me, but you should also consider that victims do have rights, and we should not just look at the rights of criminals. This is a painful situation and we will try hard to fix the situation and come up with laws that will work for our people,” he said.
Meanwhile Mosanana, who is a member of the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), said he was in the village in the previous week to take views from the villagers on what they want done. He assured them that the UDC administration believes Botswana is lagging behind on a lot of things. He assured them that President Duma Boko’s globetrotting will bring in investors to come help create jobs for Batswana. “We will not wait for five years, you will notice change sooner,” he said.