From street barber to councillor

FRANCISTOWN: Had it not been for his poor family background, Ipopeng ward civic leader, Stephen Michael would possibly be giving his learned friends a torrid rime in the courtrooms.

During his secondary school days, Michael fell in love with law to the extent that he resolved to study it at the University of Botswana (UB) after completing his Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) examinations or Form Five.

He studied hard and from his 1999 class, he got a good second class.

Editor's Comment
Get back what was stolen, and lock the door

That a single private law firm pocketed P6.5 million for just four cases, out of a total P11.1 million paid for 25 matters, reeks of a system that was not merely disorganised but open to abuse.Bayford has taken a welcome first step by telling the Public Accounts Committee the truth. Now he must act decisively to ensure it never happens again and that any money lost to wrongdoing is recovered.The figures are staggering. Whilst ordinary Batswana...

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