Khama, Dibotelo meetings
Friday, February 24, 2017
OP is a hive of activity
This follows unconfirmed reports that following Justice Abednego Tafa's landmark judgement invalidating the appointments of six Court of Appeal (CoA) Judges, Khama met two senior Judges at the OP. It is alleged that Khama metJudge President (JP) of the CoA, Ian Kirby and Chief Justice Maruping Dibotelo last Friday.
Sources allege that the two jurists went to brief Khama about the Judicial crisis when this ought to have been done by the Attorney General. In an emailed response to Mmegi questionnaire, press secretary to the President, Gobe Pitso evaded the question about the Friday meeting.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...