Shebeshxt faces jail time in Botswana
Friday, December 22, 2023 | 4030 Views |
Hot soup: Shebeshxt faces jail time for alleging failing to honour a performance earlier this month
Lobatse Magistrate’s Court has issued a temporary order directing that the artist alongside one Peter Mogale be incarcerated at the Botswana Prisons Service facility pending finalisation of an action for damages. This is due to an alleged breach of agreement to be instituted against him by the event organisers, Boxyard (PTY) LTD.
Magistrate Thato Ramaja also ordered that Shebeshxt surrender his travellers’ documents particularly passports to the Deputy Sheriff to keep it in his/her custody pending the outcome of an action to be instituted by Boxyard. The temporary order issued on December 12, is returnable on January 10, 2023.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...