Tragic: Missing Boy Found Dead
Monday, September 04, 2017
Our first stop was at the police station at 10:30am. We asked to see the Station Commander, but were told he was out at the Dithubaruba Cultural event venue helping with preparations. We were told to wait for him, but we opted to visit the family home of the missing child at Lekgwapheng ward and the destroyed property.
At the family home, we found scores of villagers outside the compound. Some of them were negotiating with the police asking them to take them to where the child, Oarabile Lekgoanyana allegedly went missing when he went to fetch firewood with his father.
March 28 will go down as a day that Batswana will never forget because of the accident that occurred near Mmamatlakala in Limpopo, South Africa. The tragedy affected not only the grieving families but the nation at large. Batswana throughout the process stood behind the grieving families and the governments of Botswana and South Africa need much more than a pat on the back.Last Saturday was a day when family members said their last goodbyes to...