Kgotlhang: behind the story

Richard Kgotlhang interviewed on camera PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES
Richard Kgotlhang interviewed on camera PIC. THALEFANG CHARLES

One afternoon in November, Richard Kgotlhang walked in at the Mmegi offices next to Main Mall in Gaborone. He was looking for directions to the Sunday Standard newspaper offices because he thought Mmegi was a government newspaper. He would later reveal this a month after his first interview with Mmegi.

He was coming from the Universal Church in the Main Mall, a few metres from Mmegi offices. Fed up. Revengeful. Scared. He had a story to tell and was looking to hide in public.

During the week Mmegi newsroom is usually busy in the afternoons (except Fridays of course) and reporters have no time for idle time because of the newspaper deadlines. So unless the source is bringing an earth-shuttering scoop, many reporters are not very keen for an interview.

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