Poverty stalks Ex-Bechuanaland Police officer

Now living in poverty and with nothing to show that he served his country for a better part of his life, Morapedi sadly remembers how he found his colleagues rewarded with shiny medals for good service and conduct when he returned from England.

He says he was in line to receive the award but failed to convince his bosses to give him one, an effort that ran fruitless until he retired in the 1970s holding the rank of Inspector, still sporting the police number, 1966.