Court withholds bail to save 'abortionists'

FRANCISTOWN: Two women accused of murder were saved a possible mob lynching in their home village of Tonota when the magistrate court here denied them bail this week.

Senior Magistrate Thebeetsile Mulalu said he could not grant the women bail because the state prosecutor had noted that their lives were in danger. Sethaeya Masekamela (52) and Mareledi Ramojadife (37) are facing a charge of murder after a 33-year-old woman they helped commit abortion died on Tuesday. When the duo appeared for mention on Tuesday, the prosecutor told the court that they were rumours that the people of Tonota were itching to lay their hands on them.