Debene Natale fails to secure appeal

Traditional music artist Otlaadisa Debene Tshipa suffered a devastating blow at the Court of Appeal after Justice Ian Kirby dismissed his application yesterday.

The ruling effectively means that Tshipa will have to complete the 10-year jail term imposed on him by a Molepolole magistrate in 2009.

However, he was given a reprieve when Kirby allowed his appeal to backdate his sentence. 

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The Boko-led administration has to tread carefully

‘When you make peace withyourself, you make peace with the world’- Maha GhosanandaThis may come at a huge cost if not handled properly. What started off on Labour Day in Letlhakane this year, where Boko was in attendance when the militant lawyer-cum-trade unionist, Robert Rabasimane rebutted the President’s address in defence of the trade union has seemingly spiralled out of control. The issue is now creating a cat-and-mouse type of a...

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