According to the inmates who spoke to Mmegi from inside Mahalapye State Prison recently on condition of anonymity, what unfolded recently at the Mahalapye Prison was not a routine search, nor a simple security sweep that officials often reference as preceded by unusual movements. The operation was not a usual standard search but a targeted assault carried out while key inmates were quietly removed. It was strange indeed.
The heartbreaking reports carried elsewhere on this publication of a woman killed in Metsimotlhabe and four family members perishing near Metsimaswaana Bridge are, devastatingly, not isolated incidents. They represent the sharp, painful tip of a weekend that has seen far too many collisions, injuries, and losses on the roads. This alarming spike in fatalities is a screaming siren we cannot ignore. It compels a direct and urgent plea to every…