No bail for Kabo Sebele
Friday, February 12, 2010
Specially Nominated councillor, Kabo, Kgosimotse Sebele, and Motlhabatsatsi Nkonyane appeared before Magistrate Moguni charged with a single count of threatening the life of magistrate Dumisane Terrence Basupi, the magistrate who gave a four-year jail sentence to Kgosikwena Sebele, after finding him guilty of stock theft. The convicted Sebele is a relative of the accused. Kabo is facing another charge of reckless driving. His co-accused, the elderly duo of Nkonyane and Kgosimotse have been given bail with the condition that they do not come within a 10km radius of Basupi’s workplace or residence, unless they are required to appear in court.
The duo were further barred from trailing or stalking the complainant and required to report at Molepolole police station once a week.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...