�To Lose One Parent Maybe A Misfortune; To Lose Both Looks Like Carelessness�
Monday, September 22, 2014
Sam Mbaiwa was one such victim but remember also Kenneth Koma, Pretty Molefe, Henderson Tlhoiwe and not least, the cruel treatment of Caitlin Davies editor of the Okavango Observer who was charged because she had carried a report about a teenage gang which was terrorising the Maun community.
Inredible; And then there was the seizure by the police of the book written by Rothstein ( of the Ministry of Agriculture) who was revealing all about some long forgotten issue. And then we come to the unprecedented application for asylum in South Africa of a senior newspaper reporter, the death, accidental or otherwise of an opposition activist, and the beating up and torture of another.
His horrific actions, betraying the trust placed in him to protect children have rightly been met with the full force of the law. Whilst we commend the court’s decision, this case forces us to confront uncomfortable truths about safeguarding our children and the lifelong scars such abuse leaves.Magistrate Kefilwe Resheng’s firm sentencing sends a powerful message that those who harm children will face severe consequences. Her words rightly...