Moshoke to face the music
Sunday, May 14, 2017
Extension II Magistrate Batho Kgeretlhwa dismissed Moshoke’s application stating that he has a case to answer. Moshoke has been charged with threat to kill after Kgosi laid a complaint. However, the bodyguard, through his attorneys, Antony Monamo and Dick Bayford, applied for the charges to be quashed.
According to the charge sheet, Moshoke, on or about April 2014, at Extension II, Gaborone, without lawful excuse, caused Kgosi to indirectly receive a threat on his life in that he uttered the following words: “I personally send a warning that should anything happen to Boko, there will be a bloodbath among the families of responsible people.
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...