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Mabeo goes after ‘cyberbully’

Boniface Mabeo PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
Boniface Mabeo PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG

Gamalete Constituency Member of Parliament, Boniface Mabeo has threatened legal action against one Facebook user, Lebogang Elliot Pilane, for defamation.

The legislator has, through attorney Kitsoyaone Lekang, written a cease and desist letter to Pilane over a comment in a Facebook post by another user. According to the letter, Pilane commented on a Facebook post, posted by one user under the name SLAX JNR on March 12, 2026. The post was to the effect that “Mabeo will slap someone someday”.

Pilane is said to have commented in the said post, stating that "di drugs di tla mmolaa blind, hao bona itlhele a sikere rack suck ke yone line ya di cat". "Drugs will definitely kill him, and the reason he always carries a backpack emanates from using cat" (aka methcathinone).

Editor's Comment
BPF should get house in order

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has this week rightly washed his hands of the mess, refusing to wade into a party squabble that has no clear leadership and no single version of the truth.When a single party sends six different letters to the Speaker’s office, each claiming to be the authoritative voice, it is not just confusion, but an embarrassment.Keorapetse is correct to insist on institutional boundaries. Parliament...

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