CLARITY YA KGANG YAGA SEGAMETSI.......!Really #and2014ishere 5 November 1994 a young girl by the name Segametsi Mogomotsi got missing from her home at Mochudi in the Kgatleng District. Her dead body, with some private parts removed, was found lying in an open B space in the village early in the morning of 6 November 1994. The nature of the injuries found on her suggested that she had been killed for ritual purposes and police inquiries into her death started. On 10 November 1994 a statement was recorded by the police from the girls father, Molefhe Matswi. In the said statement Molefhe Matswi gave a detailed account of his movements from about 6.00 a.m. on 5 November 1994 C to some time after 5.00 a.m. the next day. The contents of the statement were simply that he left home at about 6.00 a.m. on 5 November 1994 for some odd jobs and did not get back until some time after 10.00 p.m. His mistress, the mother of Segametsi, informed him on his arrival of the missing of their daughter but he did nothing about it as he felt too tired. He, however, woke up at about 5.00 a.m. the next day and went out looking for the girl. He was informed by one Moleko Nyepetsi that the dead body of a girl had been found somewhere within D his ward and he decided to go to his yard. He met one Motsipisi Setsedi on his way home and the latter informed him that he was wanted at home. Motsipisi was with a motor vehicle and he gave him a lift on it to his yard. Some police officers had been waiting at his place and he joined them in trying to trace the girls footprints. He was driven by the police later in the day to the Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone where he saw the body E of Segametsi with her vagina removed. Upon interrogation Molefhe Matswi made another statement to the police on 23 November 1994 which was confirmed in writing before Mr. M.G. Maforaga, a judicial officer, the next day. It was put in evidence by the defendant as exhibit A. I deem it necessary to reproduce the main part of it as it F is the bedrock of the defence to the plaintiffs claim. It runs as follows: For quite some time Mr. Mokgalo Sekobjwe has been pestering me with his request that I should give him my child or assist him in finding a child that he could use in a ritual murder for purposes of starting his bottle store business. Truly, I was not interested in this issue completely because he was inclined towards taking my daughter. G 2. Of late I had thought he had abandoned the idea as it took him about three (3) to four (4) months without coming to me with this painful proposal. 3. It happened that on Friday, November 1994 he came to me again. He repeated his request for being given the child. This time he introduced a new element of rewarding me with the sum of one thousand two hundred Pula (P1,200) H being payment for the child, the issue that was never raised during the past discussions. 4. As a result of the fact that I am financially incapacitated, I yielded to the issue of the reasonable amount of money offered, and agreed to hand my daughter Segametsi Mogomotsi to Mr. Mokgalo Sekojbwe. 997 BLR p195 ABOAGYE J He also agreed to give me a six hundred Pula (P600) deposit, on the day he would have managed to kill the child A and taken from her body those parts he needed. Unfortunately he did not tell me the parts he would remove from the body of the child. 5. We also made an agreement that a boy called Carta Kgetse, who is an employee for Mr. Mokgalo Sekobjwe, should organise how to take Segametsi to Mr. Mokgalo. We chose this strategy because Segametsi and Carta B were closely used to each other, and in this way, we thought it would be easier for Carta to take Segametsi to any place of convenience. The place agreed upon was to take the child to Mr. Mokgalos brick yard which is situated next to Boseja Store. Furthermore, it was arranged and agreed between me and Mr. Mokgalo that if Carta can be C successful in enticing and collecting the child, he would later in the evening when it becomes dark, take the child to a flat house belonging to Ms. Mmanko at Radipororwane where they can wait. 6. Carta rushed to see the state or condition of the house/flat, he came back and said the house/flat was not locked since its lock was broken. Furthermore both Mokgalo and I agreed that, if I dont find the child at home by Saturday D evening, I should know that the mission has been successful, and that I should arrange to meet him around one oclock at night where he would give me the six hundred Pula (P600) deposit. After working the strategy conclusive I then left and went to my lands (masimo). At this time my heart started beating quite strongly because of fear. I slept E at the lands and came to Mochudi in the morning of Saturday 5 November 1995. Towards the evening we became aware that the child was missing. Later in the night I went into the house and slept. When the night had grown very old, I left my house snicking, and went straight to the brick yard where we had agreed to meet. I was positive that my wife would not complain if she could discover that I was not there as she would suspect that I had gone to F search for the missing child. Secondly as we do not have a latrine at our home she may think that I went to the bush to relief myself, these would be two key excuses of my being absent. 7. Upon arrival at the brick yard I found: - Mokgalo Sekobjwe - Isaac Monau G - Sekara Aphiri - nana Kgetse and - Carta Kgetse as well as - Segametsi (my daughter) with her eyes and mouth tied. They were all seated at the back of Mr. Monaus van. The child Segametsi was held by Mokgalo and Sekara. H 8. My hope was that upon meeting Mokgalo, he would just give me the money and allow to go back. This was not the case, I was not given the money as I had expected instead I was instructed to get into the front seat of the van. Mokgalo drove the vehicle with me seated between him and Isaac Monau. When the vehicle left, Carta remained at the brick yard, the child then was held at the back of the van 1997 BLR p196 ABOAGYE J by Sekara Aphiri and Miss Nnana Kgetse. I developed a severe shock, thinking that I may also be killed for A purposes of destroying evidence. The vehicle was driven towards the sewerage ponds. At the ponds I remained unable to breathe properly due to the smell and the shock I went through. It was also very dark. 9. At the sewerage ponds, Mokgalo and Isaac got out of the vehicle, leaving me alone in the front seat, Sekara who was at the back jumped down as well, the three collected the child, although it was dark, I noticed that they had a B tarpoline (saile). Nnana Kgetse remained seated at the back of the van. The two of us remained motionless where we were left without speaking to one another. The three men did what they did the way they did it. 10. I was listening very attentively to the sound made by my daughter attempting to cry but in vain as the mouth was C tied but I could hear her faint voice through her nostrils. Her cry affected me so severely, but I was then helpless, as I had already entered into agreement with Mokgalo to have my daughter killed. I thought of running away but realised I may not make it because all my joints were loose. 11. After finishing their job, they came back to the vehicle, with the body to the vehicle, with the body wrapped with the D tarpoline I alluded to earlier on, and they threw the body to the back of the van, and we returned. Very unfortunately I was unable to see the colour of the tarpoline because of the darkness. I was unable to see how the childs body was mutilated nor did I see the removed parts. Upon our return we were seated in the same manner we came. The vehicle was stopped near the corner of the Molefi Secondary School fence near Radipororwanas morula E tree. The body of the child was thrown beneath a small motlopi tree which is at that place we then drove off, and not too far from there, I was dropped opposite Mr. Lukas Molapis shop. When I got out of the vehicle, I thought I would be given the six hundred Pula (P600) deposit as agreed upon. But F - the shock as a result of the death of my daughter - the sound of her scream which was seemingly piercing through my ears - all coupled with the fact that my life too was threatened and I wanted to move away from those men as soon as I could, I failed even to ask Mokgalo about the P600. G I was given an instruction by Mr. Mokgalo not to panic, or show any signs of uneasiness which can make people to be suspicious of my abnormal actions. Yes I tried to harden my heart, but alas it was difficult. 13. Upon reaching my home I went into the house, into the blankets, but I could not sleep. I woke up very early in the morning, first I looked at a place where my child used to sleep every day, and my heart broke. H 14. I told my wife that I was going to search for the child at our neighbours. Although my feet were unable to carry my body I toiled on until I reached Gaitsiwe Ramochas home. I found them asleep and awoke them. Gaitsiwe himself got up and we greeted each other and I inquired about my child, and he said he had not seen her. As I 1997 BLR p197 ABOAGYE J wanted to pass on, he stopped me and gave me a calabash of the traditional beer that remained from a ceremony A marking the death of somebody, this is called Mogoga. #lesson2ma1994
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