03 May 2022

Legislating against sale of land countrywide is necessary lest the future generation is left without plots.

A Lephepe elder, Ms Kgabonyana Keitshwaretse made the remarks during Presidential Commission of Inquiry consultative meeting in Lephepe in the Kweneng District yesterday.

“A go emisiwe thekiso ya lefatshe. Ke bua jaana batho ba rekile dikoloi tse di manobonobo ka masimo,”she said, wondering if there was going to be any land left for posterity.

On other issues, Ms Keitshwaretswe voiced her displeasure against same sex relationships, which she said were against the law of God.

 “God created a man and woman for purposes of procreation and this cannot be achieved with same-sex relationships. It can only spell doom for our beloved nation,” she said.

Another resident, Mr Baiphi Segapo, expressed wish that the constitution could prescribe that priority should be given to major centres in as far as developments were concerned.

“Re eletsa gore molao-motheo o dire gore ditlhabololo tsa metse di dirwe go lebilwe bogolo jwa metse,”he said.

Mr Segapo also submitted that stock-theft cases should be tried at the kgotla only and that cattle rustlers should be locked up without delay and be denied bail until finality of the matter.

He stated further that the people of Lephepe fancied the reinstatement of corporal punishment at school and that the same should be extended to the community.

He told the commission residents also wanted the return of bare-back lashing, which they believed could help to reign in discipline.

Mr Segapo stated that the constitution should embrace education with production as an integral part of the school curriculum so that pupils not academically endowed should take up vocational education upon completing primary school.

Mr Gasemosarwa Lebati’s hope was that the constitution under review would prop-up all tribes and promote equality. “

A jaanong re lekalekane hela re le Batswana eseng jaaka go ntse go direga,” he stated. 

Mr Galeo Masaka suggested that the supreme law of the land should develop measures to restrain unnecessary mushrooming of churches as a result of squabbles at main churches.

Ms Lindiwe Mabetwa prayed for a law that would ensure that innocent men were saved jail term by dishonest women who had a tendency to falsely accuse men of rape.

There was dire need, she said, to analyse such assertions and make sure claimants faced the full wrath of the law for their wrongdoing.

Ms Kgomotso Kootshole complained about ‘over-stay’ by some public employees whom she said ended up becoming sources of instability in villages.

She thus proposed that the constitution must affirm that no government employee should be stationed in one place for more than three-years.

Some residents submitted that people who killed their loved ones should be hanged and that special nomination dispensation of both councillors and members of parliament must come to a stop. ENDS