Precedent on Kgosi's arrest warrant overlooked
Friday, January 25, 2019
Kgosi at Maboane PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
This is because one Magisterial District cannot issue a warrant of arrest over a matter arising in another magisterial jurisdiction.
Newspapers were awash with reports that Kgosi’s warrant of arrest was issued in Mahalapye within the Central Magisterial District. Kgosi is a resident of Gaborone.
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...