Protect police image
Friday, June 19, 2015
In the past week, the BPS bosses were in the dock at the High Court facing the family of Olefile Momphitlhi, who went missing while in police custody. There is still no clear indication on whether the man escaped from the police, as the police claim, or he was killed, as the family suspects.
Another interesting aspect is that during the search for Momphitlhi, the police say, they were taken to a shallow grave, the contents of which turned out not to be Momphitlhi’s body, but someone else’s. Of who, they don’t say. A scary thought. We hope that our bushes are not littered with shallow graves of unidentified victims.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...