Brutality in Parliament

Parliament drama
Parliament drama

It was all drama when winter Parliament resumed yesterday as opposition MPs were mishandled, ordered out, with a group of security personnel grabbing, lifting and throwing the Gaborone Central MP onto the pavement of the House.

The dramatic turn of events, a first in the history of the National Assembly, followed a heated encounter over the electricity and water situation motion.

The bone of contention was the refusal by the deputy speaker Kagiso Molatlhegi’s  to grant Gaborone Central MP Phenyo Butale a chance to present an urgent motion on the national water and electricity crisis.

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Let’s fight GBV as a collective

Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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