The CJ should interact more

The Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo has reportedly issued a savingram condemning what he called suspicious acts of corruption in the judiciary, the important third arm of government that he leads and that perhaps more than any other ensures fair play and keeps the others in check.

It is intriguing that in the savingram, the Chief Justice says nothing about the manner of his inauguration three years ago at the Lobatse High Court, following retirement of his predecessor, Julian Nganunu, due to ill health. 

There was something disturbing about that whole affair of February 2010, and it is primarily that it was not done in public and only government photographers were allowed into the room in which President Ian Khama allegedly conducted the ceremony. 

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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