UN repatriates Zim refugees

UN building in Gaborone
UN building in Gaborone

FRANCISTOWN: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) has resumed a voluntary repatriation programme for hundreds of Zimbabwean refugees who fled to Botswana from political persecution there in the last decade.

A sizeable number of Zimbabweans crossed the border into Botswana while running away from violence allegedly perpetrated on mostly Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters in the southern parts of Zimbabwe.

This was at the height of political instability in 2008.

Editor's Comment
Gov’t must rectify recognition of Khama as Kgosi

While it is widely acknowledged that Khama holds the title of Kgosi, the government’s failure to properly gazette his recognition has raised serious concerns about adherence to legal procedures and the credibility of traditional leadership. (See a story elsewhere in this newspaper.) Recent court documents by the Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Kgotla Autlwetse, shed light on the intricacies of Khama’s recognition process....

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