Murder, rape: National crises :: Mmegi Online

Despite being known as a nation of peace and tolerance, Botswana continues to experience a series of love-related murders dubbed passion killings and high rape cases. The country is faced with a big social problem of murder as dozens of women continue to lose their lives at the hands of their lovers, Mmegi Staff PINI BOTHOKO observes

People no longer value the sanctity of human life as they choose to kill whenever it suits them. Everyone has the right to live his or her life freely. But that seems not to be the case for women in Botswana. They live in deepest fear of rapists and lovers causing harm to them female species.

For instances three women are killed every week in Botswana and six women are raped daily as demonstrated by the Botswana Police Service (BPS) statistics. As an illustration of the scope of the problem, police so far have recorded over 300 murder cases.

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