Majaga 'Defilement' Judgement Set For March

Majaga PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE
Majaga PIC: KENNEDY RAMOKONE

FRANCISTOWN: While there was a complete media blackout in the recent case in which the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nata-Gweta Polson Majaga allegedly defiled a minor, his day of reckoning has finally been set.

According to Majaga’s attorney Mishingo Jeremia, Magistrate Keabetswe Majuta of Nata has set March 22 as the day in which judgement of the outspoken Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) politician will be pronounced. 

The state alleges that Majaga defiled the underage girl, who for legal and ethical reasons cannot be named, between September 2019 and May 2020 at Malelejwe cattlepost, a settlement in Majaga’s constituency. 

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