Teacher fired for criticising Khama loses at CoA

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Goitsemodimo Dintwe, the secondary school teacher fired in 2012 after a poison pen critique of President Ian Khama’s leadership, lost his challenge at the Court of Appeal (CoA) yesterday. The Court ruled, among others, that Freedom of Expression was not absolute.

Dintwe was dismissed from the civil service following an opinion article published by Mmegi, which criticised Khama’s administration after the 2011 ‘Mother of All Strikes’.

In the opinion piece, Dintwe said Khama’s “deficient” administration had “numerous issues” and stated that “the country is going down to the doldrums (sic) and all fingers point to His Excellency the President”.

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