Man arraigned for killing UDC campaign member
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Shete
His defence lawyer, Bonolo Dinokopila, told the court that he needed more time to study the document from the state and pleaded with the court to grant Shete bail.
“When he was arrested I requested that I be granted access to him, which I was refused, and was told that he had been taken to hospital. I need more time to study the documents,” he said.
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...