BDP MP Majaga granted bail in defilement case
Monday, May 11, 2020
The state alleges that Majaga defiled a 16-year-old minor, who cannot be named for legal reasons, between September 2019 and May 2020, at Malelekwe cattlepost, a settlement on the outskirts of Nata village in the Central District of Botswana.
Majaga pleaded not guilty to the charge after it was read to him before Magistrate Keabetswe Majuta.
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