Court blocks Zim man froam going home for Christmas

Gaborone Regional Magistrate yesterday stopped the Managing Director of Landscape Decorators, Patrick Dowera, from travelling home to Zimbabwe for Christmas holidays.

Dowera is at the centre of a share certificate scam that has allegedly defrauded many people of millions of pula.

In blocking Dowera from travelling over Christmas, Magistrate Barnabas Nyamazhabo agreed with the state that once there is reasonable belief that the accused had committed an offence, his liberty could be restricted.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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