Lockdown dodger jailed for two years

Sithole pleaded guilty to charges of uttering a false document and giving false information to persons employed in the public service. Kgerethwa sentenced Sithole to two years imprisonment on each count. The sentences are to run consecutively. 

On April 24, 2020 near Block 9 in Gaborone, Sithole and his co-accused person, Donald Marondedzi (33) were arrested and later charged with two counts of entering Botswana at an ungazetted point and movement of persons without a permit during lockdown.