State withdraws murder charge against mother

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The state has dropped murder charges against a 29 year-old Francistown mother accused of killing her newborn baby, citing lack of evidence.

Sithembinkosi Madziba is alleged to have dumped her baby after giving birth secretly in 2010. She will now face the lesser charge of birth concealment.

Editor's Comment
A step in the right direction

It has only been a month since the newly elected government, the Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), took power, and there are already a lot of changes. Across different ministries, ministers are hard at work. Following heavy rainfall and storms that hit Francistown recently, the Minister of State Presidency, Moeti Mohwasa, made a commitment that government will assist those affected by the heavy rains. Mohwasa, when addressing the media in...

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