I can't kill, i'm bishop
Monday, January 25, 2016

Mokate denies ever seeing, let alone killing a Molepolole Magistrate Court intern last year October.
In the affidavit signed on December 22, 2015, filed at the High Court of Botswana, Mokate says that he has never seen the deceased, Nthabiseng Motlogelwa. dead or alive. He says that “contrary to popular belief” he did not participate in her killing, which is alleged was for ritual purposes. “On 3rd December 2015, at, or around 11am, I received a call from the Molepolole Police who informed me that they were looking for me. I advised them that I was passing Mogonono settlement en route to my cattle post. They asked me to wait for them in Mogonono as they were urgently looking for me,” he writes.
Instead, it has sparked a storm of accusations, denials, and unresolved questions about the influence of De Beers on the nation’s politics. Former president Mokgweetsi Masisi’s claims that the diamond giants bankrolled his removal to dodge taxes – and that the new Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government watered down a favourable diamond deal – are explosive matters. But without evidence, they risk becoming a toxic distraction from...