Zim man pleads for mercy

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FRANCISTOWN: The dire consequences of poverty have forced a Zimbabwean man to smuggle fragments of an elephant tusk to Botswana in order to feed his suffering family, the court heard yesterday.

The Zimbabwean, Ronald Mujaji told Magistrate Kaveri Kapeko when he appeared for mitigation.

Mujaji was found by police in possession of 19 pieces of an elephant tusk on January 24 at Nzano Shopping Mall following a tip-off.

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Human rights are sacred

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...

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