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‘Scar Face’ insult ends in murder

Justice Zein Kebonang. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
Justice Zein Kebonang. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

What began as a casual insult at a Molepolole shopping complex in 2012 has ended, 13 years later, with the High Court convicting one man of murder and freeing his co-accused.

Justice Zeinub Kebonang of the Gaborone High Court has last week convicted Dikalelo Mphakelwa (1st accused) of murdering a man known as States, while Kesego Kentshitswe (2nd accused) was acquitted of the same charge.

The court found that the fatal assault stemmed from the deceased’s remark referring to Mphakelwa as “scar face”, a comment the judge described as “an insult that was to have very grave consequences”.

Editor's Comment
Justice delayed is development denied

The P300 million internal roads tender is a case study. A bidder’s complaint revealed alleged irregularities. A tribunal ordered a re-evaluation.The council and the initial winner appealed to the High Court. Now, the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, frustrated by the delay, writes to the council suggesting the tender be cancelled, and an alternative procurement model be explored, while the matter is still before the courts....

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