The High Court is not in a mess: response

On Friday December 11 2009 there was published in the Mmegi Newspaper a news item headed "the high court: A complete mess" written by a certain Gosego R Lekgowe.

 Whereas constructive criticism of Public Institutions is essential for democratic governance, it is unacceptable for any writer to distort the image of an institution and worse still, use language that is insulting and demeaning its members in such a wholesale fashion.Although the Administration of Justice cannot respond to each and every false allegation made in respect of it or its officers, in view of the grave nature of the allegations in the above-mentioned article, it calls for the record to be set straight.

I wish to record as follows:

Editor's Comment
Inspect the voters' roll!

The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...

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