Accident or murder?
Friday, November 21, 2014
Does he have a case to answer: Neo Moroka
Kealeboga Danster an 18-year-old labourer who was killed by DeBeers Botswana Resident Director Neo Moroka in April this year after allegedly being mistaken for a dog may have been shot twice before he succumbed to his death, the deceased’s death certificate seen by Mmegi has revealed.
According to the deceased’s death certificate, which is full of grammatical errors and ambiguity, Danster died from, “ [SIC] gun short to the chest and the abdomen”, suggesting that Moroka may have shot the young man Danster twice. The new information from the death certificate offers a clear contradiction from police statements that the deceased died from a single shot.
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...