The South African Department of Home Affairs wants...
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants an assurance from the Botswana government that two of that country's fugitives being held in South Africa will not be hanged if they are extradited
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants an assurance from the Botswana government that two of that country's fugitives being held in South Africa will not be hanged if they are extradited.
The men, Liberty Mhlanga and Jimmy Gaboitaolewe, handed themselves over to the police and requested political asylum on October 28 after escaping from Botswana's Lobatse Mental Hospital and entering South Africa illegally.
Mhlanga was found guilty by the High Court of Botswana on September 24 on 15 charges, including murder, and Gaboitaolewe was on trial on two counts of unlawful wounding and two counts of rape.
The men, Liberty Mhlanga and Jimmy Gaboitaolewe, handed themselves over to the police and requested political asylum on October 28 after escaping from Botswana's Lobatse Mental Hospital and entering South Africa illegally.
Mhlanga was found guilty by the High Court of Botswana on September 24 on 15 charges, including murder, and Gaboitaolewe was on trial on two counts of unlawful wounding and two counts of rape.
— SOURCES
- (Sources: SAPA, 28/12/2001)