PAY UP SKWATA
GABORONE 26 July 2021, President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi officiates the sending off of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) troops for the Souther Africa Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique on 26 July 2021at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Masisi is the Commander in Chief of Botswana Armrd Forces and current Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Policies, Defence and Security. BDF as part of the SADC Standby Force will be deployed to provide regional support to the Republic of Mozambique to combat the looming threat of terrorism and acts of violent extremism in the Cabo Delgado region in the northern part of the country’s an element of the SADC mission in Mozambique. Members of the troops boarding Mozambique bound BDF aircraft. (Metlha Ngubevana/PRESS PHOTO)
GABORONE 26 July 2021, President Dr. Mokgweetsi Masisi officiates the sending off of Botswana Defence Force (BDF) troops for the Souther Africa Development Community (SADC) mission in Mozambique on 26 July 2021at the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. Masisi is the Commander in Chief of Botswana Armrd Forces and current Chairperson of the SADC Organ on Policies, Defence and Security. BDF as part of the SADC Standby Force will be deployed to provide regional support to the Republic of Mozambique to combat the looming threat of terrorism and acts of violent extremism in the Cabo Delgado region in the northern part of the country’s an element of the SADC mission in Mozambique. Members of the troops boarding Mozambique bound BDF aircraft. (Metlha Ngubevana/PRESS PHOTO)
A 44-year-old soldier stationed at Glen Valley BDF Camp, Jeffrey Keletso, has been ordered by the Village Magistrate Court to pay P18,200 in unpaid child maintenance for his two children.
Keletso, who appeared in court this Tuesday, is facing nine counts of defaulting on child maintenance payments, spanning March 2023 to December 2024.
The court had ruled in 2023 that he pays P4,000 monthly to support the upbringing and welfare of his children. However, Keletso failed to comply with this order, resulting in the accumulation of arrears.
Appearing before Magistrate Tshepo Thedi, Keletso pleaded guilty to all nine counts. In a plea for leniency, he told the court that he is willing to pay the outstanding amount but requested additional time to settle the full balance.
He expressed remorse for defaulting and assured the court that he would make arrangements to begin payments soon.