05 May 2016

A prosecutor in the case in which two people are accused of the murder of two sisters from Thamaga has informed Broadhurst Magistrate Court that investigations in the matter have been completed.

Inspector Onkemetse Gaboutlwelwe of Broadhurst Police Station said witness statements and other necessary documents were being typed. 

She told Principal Magistrate Monashe Ndlovu, that the docket would soon be sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for assessment and possible prosecution at the High Court. 

Inspector Gaboutlwelwe therefore requested the court to schedule the next mention date in a month’s time where a prosecutor from the DPP would appear before the court to update it. 

The court then agreed on June 23, for the next mention. 

The accused in the matter are Caroline Gwamolumba and Bakang Godisang. They were last month granted bail. 

Their lawyers successfully argued that they were good candidates for bail, especially that the first accused, Gwamolumba, who had been away on treatment in South Africa, could not stay in prison because of her medical circumstance. 

Attorney Mr McBain Kaang, who represented Gwamolumba, told the court that care and medication taken by his client required a conducive atmosphere outside the prison environment.

On one hand, Godisang’s attorney, Mr Herbert Sikhakhane, said the prosecution should not deny his client the right to liberty on the argument that the public was still seething with anger. 

 The court ordered that the accused each deposit the sum of P3 000 with the treasury, each was to secure two close family sureties who were to bind themselves with the sum of P2 000. 

Gwamolumba and Godisang are accused of setting Tuelo Mokgalo and Kgalalelo Mokgalo’s rented house in Block 3 location in Gaborone on fire on December 23, 2015. It is reported that the senior sister, Tuelo, who was heavily pregnant by then, was a love rival to Gwamolumba, and she ultimately gave birth under severe injuries. 

Tuelo later died on December 31, 2015 while her sister, Kgalalelo died on January 1, 2016. Ends