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Obey court orders- Shamukuni

Machana Shamukuni PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Machana Shamukuni PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Kgosi Lobatse Beslag is concerned that the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Machana Shamukuni has failed to address the controversial burial issue of Pitseng Gaoberekwe, who has been in the mortuary for more than a year.

Gaoberekwe died on December 21, 2021 and his body is still lying at Joyce’s Funeral Parlour awaiting the resolution of the dispute regarding his burial site.

His children’s attempts to bury him in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) as per his wish failed because of the Ghanzi District Council’s refusal.

Editor's Comment
Human rights are sacred

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...

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