�Facebook� murderer fails to overturn death sentence
Thursday, March 16, 2017
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Uyapo Poloko (37) is on death row for killing an Asian woman. Poloko attempted to kill the woman’s husband in the process of also robbing the couple.
Poloko, formerly a graduate of Counselling from Tonota College of Education had made an application he referred to as “an application for redress that sought the Court to discharge his conviction and sentence” before Justice Bashi Moesi while awaiting his appeal at the Court of Appeal (CoA).
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...