DIS should concentrate on its mandate
Friday, March 10, 2023 | 580 Views |
Former DCEC Senior Assistant Director (legal services) Andria German, who is on transfer at the Attorney General’s Chambers, made startling revelations of how files (of cases in his custody) in which he was investigating top civil servants facing allegations of corruption were taken away in his absence. His office was forced open and the files taken away without being consulted.
German revealed in his case that he was investigating the Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) Emma Peloetletse, the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) Director General, Peter Magosi and the DCEC acting Director General, Tshepo Pilane. At the same time, the office of the suspended substantive DCEC Director General, Tymon Katlholo was raided and files of cases under investigation allegedly taken.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...