Jailed Marsland in another spirited bail attempt

Jailed Marsland in another spirited bail attempt
Jailed Marsland in another spirited bail attempt

It seems jailed assets manager, Timothy Gordon Marsland of Capital Management Botswana (CMB), currently detained in South Africa, has adopted the never say die, never give up attitude in his bid to see sunrise as a free man again. 

Unbeknown to many, including the media, Marsland had been on a smooth operator mode since he was detained at a Johannesburg prison cell last July, from where he silently launched a series of bail attempts closely guarded from media attention. So smooth and covert had Marsland's modus operandi been that he managed to quietly launch as many as five different court cases on Botswana soil, without anyone noticing. 

Mmegi can reveal that the latest attempt is the fifth in Botswana and his eighth in total, with three others having been lodged in South Africa, nonetheless without a breakthrough.

Editor's Comment
Dear gov't, doctors: Ntwakgolo ke ya molomo

With both sides entrenched in legal battles and public spats, the risk to public health, trust in institutions, and the welfare of doctors grows by the day. It's time for cooler heads to prevail. The government and BDU must return to the negotiating table, not with threats, but with a shared commitment to resolve this crisis fairly and urgently.At the heart of this dispute lies a simple truth: doctors aren't just employees but guardians...

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