Malawians in court for human trafficking

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LOBATSE: Magistrate Onkarabile Mokoni on Thursday postponed bail hearing to October 27 due to language barriers in a case where three Malawian men and a South African face 14 counts of human trafficking.

Sanie Idene (31), Jabulani Motlaadiile (32), Mussa Suffiyani (33) and Imulani Madi (23) are alleged to  have on September 20, 2016 in Lobatse engaged in the trafficking a total of 14 men and two women all from Malawi to Botswana. Most of the alleged victims are from Mangoche village, except two males, one from Nchise village and the other from Zomba village.

Magistrate Mokoni ordered that a Yao (Malawian language) interpreter should be availed on the next mention to ease communication.

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