Why DCEC raided The Gazette
Friday, May 08, 2015
DCEC officer with a The Botswana Gazette computer after they raided the newspaper. PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
The raid on The Gazette and subsequent arrest of three staff members and lawyer by the agents of the Directorate Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) was due to the newspaper’s publication of fresh cases before the state organ.
The DCEC agents raided the newspaper on Tuesday, and the lawyers’ intervention stopped them from entering to apply a search and seize warrant.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...