The society's jab on (dis) honourable elites :: Mmegi Online

Notwithstanding that in Botswana like anywhere else, politicians are generally held in high esteem in the society, hell breaks loose when the honourable men and women of our society are caught on the wrong side of the law. Mmegi Staffer RYDER GABATHUSE writes that it’s not unprecedented that when a politician is facing criminal allegations, it raises so much hullaballoo that some want the accused to resign instantly.

FRANCISTOWN: The social media just like news media have lately been abuzz with calls for the Nata/Gweta maverick legislator Paulson Majaga to step down from his parliamentary seat. The calls were generally premised upon the reality that the MP is facing allegations of defilement of girls under 18 years of age.

Majaga’s matter freshly appeared before a rural-based Nata Magistrate’s Court after he handed himself to the Kutlwano police station in Francistown, where he was briefly detained.

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