ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA.(PHOTO)

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 ZIMBABWEAN COUPLE DEPORTED OVER SECRET BURIAL OF CHILD IN BOTSWANA A Zimbabwean couple has been deported from Botswana after secretly burying their child without notifying authorities. Motilinah Mpofu and Christopher Ncube were convicted on Thursday of concealing a death after they allegedly dug a grave for their child in the dead of night. The Gaborone court heard the child had died suddenly. Instead of reporting the death to police, health officials, or traditional leaders, the couple quietly buried the youngster and hoped no one would find out. But the secret did not stay buried for long.   Police moved in and arrested the pair. In sentencing, the court ordered that the couple be taken to the Plumtree Border Post for deportation to Zimbabwe.  Top Botswana lawyer Winnie Masitha who offered the couple free legal representation during the trial, confirmed the deportation to BTV News. Masitha believed that the matter should not be viewed only through the lens of crim...

INEC SET TO IMPLEMENT CAMPAIGN EXPENSES RULES AS THEY LIFT CAMPAIGN BAN FOR 2015 ELECTIONS.

                        It was confirmed by the Electoral Commission yesterday monday that they have officially lifted the ban on campaigns for 2015 elections.According to the Chief Press Secretary of INEC Chairmam Mr Kayode Idowu said ''The commission has put structures inplace to track expenditures.That structure did not exist in 2011,but now,we have been able to put structures in place to track the expenditure of politicians and we are going to be doing that.Section 91,sub section 2-7 of the Electoral Act,dwells on limitation on Election expenses.The maximum elections expenses to be incurred by a candidate at a presidential,governorship election shall be N1 billion and N200 million,respectively.The maximum amount of election expenses to be incured of Senatorial seat by a candidate and House of Representatives shall be N40 million and N20 million respectively.While in the case of State Assembly election,the maximum amount of election expenses to be incurred shall be N10 million.Section 9{10} said,a candidate who knowing acts in contravention of this section commits an offence''.

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