INVESTIGATING: Ikobeng
A-27-year old man of Sehithwa village in the North West District was left nursing a knife stab wound after his cousin allegedly attacked him for failing to pay his bus fare; a P30 fare from Maun to Sehithwa.
Confirming the incident that took place at a bus stop in Sehithwa yesterday, Acting Station Commander for Sehitwa police, Moutlwatsi Ikobeng, explained that the two men travelled together from Maun- with the 30 year old heading for the nearby Kareng settlement, and the younger man scheduled to remain in Sehithwa.
“The two are cousins, so from what the wounded man told us, the quarrel started in the bus, before they reached Sehithwa. He said he paid his due fares but when the older one was asked to pay, he pointed at him and said he has to pay for him. The 27-year-old said he did not have any extra money for another ticket and the quarrel started.”
Ngami fisherman face eviction… and starvation
Scores of fishermen camped along the shore of Lake Ngami blame the lake’s Conservation Trust for their booming but illegal fishing trade.
The men maintain they have no choice but to break the law, citing the Trust’s continued failure to issue fishing licences as the cause of their criminal activity.
Breaking down the situation into simple terms for The Voice, one of the fishermen, Sekakela Sekakela, explained for many the option is simple: fish of starve.
“The Trust has long promised to issue us licences, but to date they have not issued a single one. We could not just sit back and watch people from other areas harvest fish from right under our noses while we wait for licences. So we followed them into the lake and did the same because we also have to benefit from resources in our land,” explained the Maun native.