Wrongfully Jailed Zim Man Speaks

Benson Hlabangana says he was persecuted PIC: INNOCENT SELATLHWA
Benson Hlabangana says he was persecuted PIC: INNOCENT SELATLHWA

On September 12 last year, Benson Hlabangana was released from prison, more than three years earlier.

Gaborone High Court judge, Justice Zein Kebonang freed the Zimbabwean pastor who had been tried and convicted with a wrong section of the law.

Magistrate Gaseitsiwe Tonoki of Broadhurst Magistrate’s Court sentenced Hlabangana to four years in jail and fined him P4, 000 for remaining in the country illegally.

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Who watches the watchdog?

For a fact, in a democratic society such as Botswana, the media plays a crucial role of being watchdog, holding the powerful to account and exposing all possible wrongdoing for the benefit of the public.There has been a nagging question about who watches the watchdog after all? Perhaps, the investigations into alleged wrongful acts implicating those supposed to be playing the watchdog role will shed more light into what has happened such that the...

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