No more hanging

There will be no more jobs for hangmen in Botswana, and the hang-man's noose at the Maximum Prison at the Village in Gaborone may turn into a relic, while two men currently awaiting to die by hanging may not taste death by hanging. That is because there will be no more hangings unless and until the government challenges last week's history changing High Court ruling by Justice Motswagole that outlawed hanging.

The lawyer who brought about this change in Botswana, Kgosietsile Ngakaagae was the toast of the night on Thursday at Maru-A-Pula, where Ditshwanelo Human Rights NGO and its partners gathered to commemorate World day against the Death penalty.