Seizure of Moalosi�s laptop lawful � state
Friday, June 17, 2016
The BCP activist Motlhaleemang Moalosi’s attorney Owen Nsala had approached the court on urgency to order that the seizure of his laptop by detective superintendent Sergeant Marapo of Botswana Police Service and the Attorney General (AG), cited as first and second respondents respectively, is unlawful and without any basis.
State attorney Wada Nfila, argued that the applicant’s application is incomplete and not in compliance with Section 61 of the Police Act since he did not give the police a notice to sue two months before he took the matter to court.
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...