Let's be sensitive to the rights of suspects

The degree of hypocrisy that pervades public discourse is astounding. In fact, it is shameful.

A significant section of the nation is wailing over the rights of suspects just because this time around, a man clothed with the trappings of wealth and elitism has been publicly arrested. I will not give an opinion on whether or not the arrest was proper.

Frankly, I saw nothing remiss in the manner and procedure of arrest. I could be wrong. It is only my opinion. My heart simply bled for him, the wife and the children.

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UDC's 100 Days: Please deliver your promises!

We duly congratulate them to have ousted the long ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) from power. Prior to taking power from the BDP, the coalition had made several election promises that are credited for influencing change and swaying the people to vote in its favour.The party had made an undertaking, which its leader and President Duma Boko consistently bellowed in his campaign trail. These undertakings were promises that Batswana would be...

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