DPP refuses to drop case against Nthoiwa
Tuesday, February 14, 2023 | 1930 Views |
Nthoiwa allegedly robbed Shepherd Jubane of P13,000 at gunpoint before escaping with Jubane’s Alteza in September 2016 in Francistown.
Before Nthoiwa appeared before Magistrate Game Mooketsi, there had been speculation Nthoiwa and Jubane had buried the hatchet and the latter had allegedly decided to drop charges against the former. However, things took a different twist when attorney Moffat Dick from the DPP told the court that the director of the DPP has refused their application for charges against Nthoiwa to be dropped.
It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better. We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD...