Mabeo goes after ‘cyberbully’
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 490 Views |
Boniface Mabeo PIC: PHATSIMO KAPENG
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).
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...