Palapye heeds lockdown call
Saturday, April 04, 2020
The busiest shopping complexes, the streets and the ever traffic-laden A1 Highway that cuts through the village linking the northern and southern parts of the country is still.
Police superintendent Beggar Nawa confirmed the community showed compliance first night of the lockdown. He said they recorded no movement during their patrols around the four corners of the village.
While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....