Strong-willed DT talks about prison life :: Mmegi Online

“Sea re go togelwa tsatsing se e kise moriting”, a Setswana saying which in not so many words means that only you can save yourself, this is how 15-day free Ditiro Leero (DT) feels. Staff Writer SHARON MATHALA sat down with the once traditional music giant at his home in Kanye.

A once band member and lead singer one of the best traditional groups of all time, Matsieng of Tinto fame, DT is a free man. He was released from prison on December 23, a day before his birthday he says. Leero was sentenced to six years imprisonment for rape back in 2011.

As widely reported Leero was convicted of raping a 14-year-old girl. When Arts & Culture caught up with him, clad in his sdori and casual wear, the Selokolela-born artist said: “I will not sit here and defend what I did or didn’t do. I am still not ready for that, but what I can say is yes I knew the girl. I used to rent at her uncle’s place in Gabane, back then.”

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