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CAPE TOWN, MARCH 16, 2021 (CISA)-“We are a church that preaches conversion of human beings, and we believe that people can change for the better. The death sentence cannot be a solution, especially considering how poor our justice system still is across most of Africa,” Dumisani Vilakati, director of Inter-Regional Meeting of the Bishops of Southern Africa (IMBISA) has said urging the Church in Africa to be more vocal against the death penalty.
Fr Vilakati was speaking March 15 following two executions in Botswana in February and three death sentences in Malawi in 2019 without executions. According to Fr Vilakati there have been numerous wrongful convictions across the continent, and inmates are increasingly having to wait longer and longer for their trials to be conducted.
Boniface Chibwana, coordinator for the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace of Malawi s bishop s conference (Provided photo)
Harare, Zimbabwe Catholic officials and human rights campaigners across Africa are reiterating their opposition to capital punishment after Botswana carried out two executions for murder convictions in February.
Botswana, located north of South Africa, confirmed the executions of 33-year-old Wedu Mosalagae and 29-year-old Kutlo Setima on Feb. 8. Both had been found guilty in separate cases of killing a woman.
Oluwatosin Popoola, a legal advisor for Amnesty International on death penalty issues, told NCR that the organization is very concerned about the executions, especially as they are the fifth and sixth since President Mokgweetsi Masisi came into office in 2019.