Seretse stands accused

Yesterday at the Village Magistrates Courts, Seretse was hauled before Barnabas Nyamadzabo, a magistrate who only three days ago officially referred to Seretse in sartorial salutations.

On this day he has no occasion to refer to Seretse in lofty titles such as honourable Dikgakgamatso Seretse. The magistrate simply calls him, the accused. Instead of the police acting as an escort as part of the official frills, the officer on duty simply beckons the former minister to the accused's box.