Earnest Muchekwa

Zimbabweans living in Botswana say they support their government’s effort to engage its neighbour on corporal punishment. Botswana regularly flogs transgressing Zimbabweans, particularly for border jumping and petty crime. Zimbabwe recently engaged their Botswana counterparts with a view to stop the flogging of its citizens in the neighboring nation. However, the Zimbabwe delegation, during a recent bilateral security meeting, failed to convince Gaborone authorities to stop the punishment. Zimbabweans, who commit petty crime in Botswana,…