Law To Turn Abusive Spouses Into Tramps Proposed

A proposed law seeking to turn offending spouses into homeless hobos and stop abusive husbands or wives from talking to each other while punishing tramps by making them pay rentals for houses they no longer live in has been tabled in Parliament.

Presenting the Domestic Violence Bill as a first-ever private member's bill in history of Parliament in Botswana, Kokorwe said the proposed law is necessitated by the cold and hard realities of the present time.

She said realism compels that it must be recognised that domestic relationships are increasingly constituted by cohabitation arrangements.

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Human rights are sacred

It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...

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