Gallows for violent girlfriend killer
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Hangman’s noose
Unagoni Alton, who was convicted for a single charge of murder, was yesterday told he would have to hang by the neck for killing Kefilwe Mogorosi on October 25, 2012.
When sentencing him, the Judge said he found no extenuating circumstances and that it was a clear case where death penalty must be imposed. “I find that this is a clear case where death penalty must be imposed. I find that at the age of 25 years, he was old enough to appreciate that killing another human being was wrong,” said the Judge.
But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...