Woman, 37, accused of concealing birth
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
The court heard that the accused person between August 28 and 29, 2016 at or near Sese Quarantine Camp delivered a child and secretly disposed of the baby to conceal the birth.
The accused pleaded guilty to the offence. Mmesi adjourned the matter to September 7, 2017 for fact-finding. Still in court, in a separate case 28-year-old Ookeditse Matamatso, who is facing two counts of threat-to-kill and assault, pleaded with the court to grant him bail.
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....