BONELA issues ultimatum over Sebina scandal

Up in arms: BONELA members during a previous march
Up in arms: BONELA members during a previous march

The Botswana Network on Ethics, Law and HIV/AIDS (BONELA) has issued an ultimatum to the Minister of Education and Skills Development, Unity Dow, indicating its intention to sue should she fail to respond to the Sebina scandal.

The Tutume Sub-District village has been the centre of nationwide attention after the leak of a purported Facebook conversation suggesting the defilement of a schoolgirl by a councillor and a subsequent attempt to help cover up by the Assistant Education Minister, Fidelis Molao.

Molao and the councillor, Kemmonye Amon, have denied the Facebook conversation or being involved in a cover-up.  Molao, however, has admitted that Amon confessed to impregnating the schoolgirl to him in a telephone call.

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