�Dead� Woman Visits Omang Office
Monday, January 19, 2015
BOROLONG: A 32-year-old woman from Borolong west of Francistown is still reeling in shock and confusion after she found that the Department of Civil and National Registration, commonly known as Omang has declared her dead.
Tebogo Joseph told The Monitor that when she visited the Omang offices to seek services, she was stunned to discover that the system considered her a dead person. She said she made the discovery when she sought to change the old birth certificates for her two children and her sister’s three children.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...