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Botswana health assistant minister suspended for gathering under Covid-19
Botswana president Eric Mokgweetsi Masisi. His office announced that the health assistant minister had been suspended from his ministerial duties on Wednesday.
Photo credit: Kanyiri Wahito | Nation Media Group
Botswana's assistant Minister of Health and Wellness, Sethomo Lelatisitswe, was suspended from his ministerial duties after violating Covid-19 protocols.
Batlhalefi Leagajang, press secretary of President Mokgweetsi Masisi, said in a statement that Lelatisitswe was involved in a family gathering of a tombstone unveiling, which breached the Emergency Powers (Covid-19) Regulations of 2020.
