Hands off dikgosi!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Remarks attributed to the Vice President, Mokgweetsi Masisi and published elsewhere in this edition, make for unsettling reading.

During an orientation workshop for Ntlo ya Dikgosi, Masisi “urged” the traditional leaders to avoid “politicking” or using their freedom of expression to attack the executive.

“I have observed that in the past, the lines of duty seem to be getting blurred,” Masisi said, adding that the House of Chiefs should never mistake itself for Parliament.

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