Gabane mob kills alleged thief

According to the Mogoditshane Acting Police Station commander, Superintendent Mompoloki Ramaphoi, police received a report of the incident at around 2 am from Go-Soko Ward in Gabane. Ramaphoi said a 19-year-old young woman was roused from sleep at her family’s home when she heard footsteps outside. Upon looking out the window, she allegedly saw a man carrying one of the roof rafters from their house and walking towards the gate.

It is a clear signal that the government’s purse is empty and that our own behaviour has left veterinary officials fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. We have been here before. During COVID-19, many of us thought we knew better.

We ignored simple rules, we carried on as if the danger was someone else’s problem, and the virus took lives and left our economy on its knees. We are still broke from that experience. Yet now, with FMD…