Arrest of Officials Strains Botswana-Zimbabwe Ties
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Botswana: Zimbabwe Fines and Releases Officers
Mmegi/The Reporter, 9 February 2010
The Magistrate's Court in Hwange near Victoria Falls has released the three officers of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks who were charged with illegal entry into the ... read more »
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Botswana: Government is Over-Reacting
Mmegi/The Reporter, 9 February 2010
A Zimbabwean court has finally pronounced a verdict on the blameworthiness of three Batswana game wardens who apparently strayed into Zimbabwe. read more »
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Zimbabwe: Botswana Recalls Diplomats
SW Radio Africa, 5 February 2010
Botswana is to recall two diplomats from Harare in protest against what it considers a 'rebuff' by Zimbabwe to engage them and find a 'diplomatic' solution to the continued ... read more »
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Southern Africa: Botswana and Zimbabwe in Row Over Rangers
The Nation, 3 February 2010
Zimbabwe and Botswana inched closer to a diplomatic standoff after Gaborone today accused its neighbour of playing hide and seek with its game rangers who were arrested a fortnight ... read more »
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Botswana: Zimbabwe Court to Decide Fate of Officers on Monday
Mmegi/The Reporter, 4 February 2010
A Zimbabwean magistrate has reserved judgement in a case in which three Batswana wildlife officers are charged with illegally entering the country with firearms. read more »
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Zimbabwe: Botswana Battles to Have Detained Nationals Freed
Zimbabwe Standard, 30 January 2010
THREE officers from Botswana's Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP), arrested close to two weeks ago, will appear in court tomorrow after repeated attempts by the ... read more »
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Southern Africa: Botswana Officers Still Detained in Zimbabwe
Mmegi/The Reporter, 26 January 2010
Three officers from the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) are still detained in Zimbabwe after they crossed into the country by mistake last week. read more »
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The point at hand is not of the game rangers, it is a matter of national pride. These tswanas at the height of our economic crisis further compounded our worries by whipping, beating and doing all manner of dispicable things to our brothers and sisters who had fled into their country. These economic refugees were treated in the most inhumane manner by the Tswana authorities. Zimbabweans were falsely accussed of all manner of crimes and were whipped without trial. Today they violate our territory, coming with their guns into our land. These people need to be taught that we are no push overs, we are a proud and sovereign nation. These so called game rangers have been offered the decency of a trial by the Zimbabwean government, did they afford our people trials. The Tswana were busy dishing out vigilante justice to our helpless people. Where was the government of Botswana then when our people were being unfairly treated in their country. What goes around comes around.
WHY YOU,BOTH,BATSWANA AND ZIMBABWIANS ACTUALLY DO NOT
FINALLY STOP WITH THIS NONSENSEAND BOTHER MORE ABOUT YOUR
ECONOMY THAN ABOUT TWO GAME WARDENS,who by mistake crossed the border!
YES,YOU COULD ERRECT A HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGE WALL BETWEEN YOUR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES...
LIKE THE ONE WHICH WE HAD HAD IN BERLIN!
In every country of the world perpetrators at the country borders are
DETAINED,my dears...EVEN IN USA,THE MOST DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY IN
THE WORLD!
MUCH TO DO ABOUT NOTHING! as Shakespear said.
So...the wardens were released and the fine is EVEN by Botswana standards not sooooooooooooooooo high.
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