Shashe

Notwithstanding the fact that someone somewhere knows what happened to little Joshlin; notwithstanding the fact that Kelly Smith is the biological mother of little Joshlin; notwithstanding the fact that one of the three accused is the “biological” father of little Joshlin; Judge Nathan Erasmus has found all three accused guilty of human trafficking, and has imposed life imprisonment on all of them! Interesting precedent indeed AsP Chigala, don’t you think?  

When President Boko says that Parliament’s core function is to make laws, he is right, and most reasonable wo/men agree. The reason I agree is because for fifty-eight (58) years I have heard it repeated over and over again by our then ruling party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) that our country was governed according to the rule of law, therefore one would assume that the making of those laws was the core function of Parliament even under BDP rule! But was it? The reason I ask is because as I write, the BDP is gathering in Maun, the tourism capital of Botswana, to elect new leaders. But as I look at the recently published list of prospective leaders, I see among them, Messrs Slumber Tsogwane, Mpho Balopi and Nonofo Molefi. Each of these three gentlemen has been a member of at least one parliament before. In the case of Slumber Tsogwane, probably as many as four (4) parliaments before. One parliament lasts for five years! So, if parliament’s core function has been the making of la...