�Bewitched� robber sentenced

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FRANCISTOWN: A plea of a Zimbabwe man who blamed witchcraft for his crime fell on deaf ears as Chief Magistrate Gaedupe Makgatho sentenced him to 10 years in prison with an additional year for theft.The sentences shall run concurrently.

During sentencing Makgatho took note of the fact that while in the process of the two robberies he committed in Makomoto village in March this year, Ezra Mhlanga threatened to chop the complainant with an axe.

But he (Makgatho) said he took into account that Mhlanga was a first offender.

Editor's Comment
Closure as pain lingers

March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...

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