Shebeshxt faces jail time in Botswana
Friday, December 22, 2023 | 4040 Views |
Hot soup: Shebeshxt faces jail time for alleging failing to honour a performance earlier this month
Lobatse Magistrate’s Court has issued a temporary order directing that the artist alongside one Peter Mogale be incarcerated at the Botswana Prisons Service facility pending finalisation of an action for damages. This is due to an alleged breach of agreement to be instituted against him by the event organisers, Boxyard (PTY) LTD.
Magistrate Thato Ramaja also ordered that Shebeshxt surrender his travellers’ documents particularly passports to the Deputy Sheriff to keep it in his/her custody pending the outcome of an action to be instituted by Boxyard. The temporary order issued on December 12, is returnable on January 10, 2023.
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...