Behind Guma's resignation
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Samson Moyo Guma PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
The DIS started investigating him soon after a local newspaper reported that Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU-PF) had sponsored some current members of Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) during the Maun congress in May.
Mmegi is reliably informed that DIS at some point secretly screened Moyo’s personal and business accounts. When he did not feel the leadership support against the internal BDP smear campaign and the DIS investigations, Moyo decided to step down.
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...