Botswana government is over-reacting

The court fined them US$100 each and freed them. Indeed there has been a lot of anticipation for the court verdict in Botswana. Our hearts go out to the families of the three game rangers who without doubt have been going through a lot of anguish and will need time to heal. It is a relief that the game warders are back home, after almost three weeks of incaceration in Zimbabwean prison cells. These have also been weeks of much government hubble-bubble as the Botswana government tried to engage the Zimbabwean government, with a view to solving the matter diplomatically.

The Botswana government has involved everyone from Botswana's envoy in Zimbabwe, Gladys Kokorwe, Foreign Affairs Minister Phandu Skelemani and Vice-President Mompati Merafhe. All of them have played their part, in order to solve this impasse diplomatically. Reports from our Botswana government indicate that their efforts in trying to address this issue have been openly rebuffed.