SUSPICIOUS: Mange
Dead man’s family demands answers over hunting accident
The distraught family of a guide who died in a mysterious hunting accident at a five-star Safari Camp in the Okavango Delta has suspected foul play.
Lister Kehemetswe who was employed as a guide at Qorokwe, which forms part of the Johan Calitz Safari camps in the Okavango Delta was found dead by the police last Saturday following a tragic guinea fowl hunting expedition under suspicious circumstances, his family has claimed.
Maun Police Station Commander Kenny Badumetse said the 51-year-old tracker, “Was trying to get closer to the guinea fowls but unfortunately something tempered with the gun and it fired a bullet that went through his head.”
The man’s grieving family in Sedie ward, Maun were however struggling to understand the police chief’s explanation concerning the circumstance surrounding the freak accident.
Family Spokesperson and uncle to the deceased, Dembo Mange (65) said that there was a mystery over the death. Kehemetswe who had been employed at the camp for the past ten years, was an experienced hunter and tracker.
“As an experienced hunter my nephew knew how to use a gun very well and there is no how he could have failed to handle a loaded gun appropriately. Again what is it that removed his body from the place where it was allegedly left without making any footprints on the sand?
“There is something fishy going on here and those who were with him when the alleged accident happened should be questioned,” Mange added.
The perturbed uncle further expressed disappointment that the camp owner had not bothered to visit the family since the tragedy struck, but simply sent a junior officer to send his condolences.
“My nephew worked for him as a hunting tracker for more than a decade. Surely that must count for something,” he said.
Two months ago the same camp was embroiled in another controversy after the King of Spain, Juan Carlos had to be air lifted to Madrid after tripping on the stairs and fracturing a hip bone. Police said they were still investigating the case while camp owner, Calitz said he would wait for the police investigations to be completed before commenting.
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I thinks that was an accident. What would he be killed for?
@tpa11
If you approach this case the way the missionaries would approach it, you will say exacltly that. This is a tracker, he knows a lot of things including poaching and other illegal activities that are going on at his work place.He was killed to silence him. Ten years and he still does one job and he was probably asking for a raise after seeing something odd happening over there and they killed him. A shot in the head sounds more like a marks mans work.
Lona batho ba le nnetseng go iphitha ka menwana le re le Batswana, Botswana ga se lehatshe la lona. This country is the only one where any foreigner can do what he wants and is allowed to do so. Our presidency allows that and it has too many powers to tread on all of us just to keep foreigners happy. All you people will ever get is a P400 ipelegeng cheque legwinya and sweetaid and your poor relatives will get a blanket once a year. So stop the pretence. There is a lot of racism and descrimination in the tourism and lodge business and anyone who is clever to see something will die. All you have to do is to take the government back, from Britain as it is now and give it to one of your natural born Batswana, who will not have a Jeff Ramsay as a presidential spokesman,De Graff as minister of agric, or Ian Kirby as a judge in the high court. All these people are foreigners.We had good gov with Seretse Khama, Masire and Mogae because these people ba apere ditshega, ba disitse. Ba itse botshelo ja setswana. Ha e le mo ga gompieno, re lebiwa jaaka o kare re di slaves tse di neng di pegwa mo sekepeng di ya Amerika. How else can yo explain this ipelegeng 46 years after indp and so much prosperity? Do something le le Batswana.Eseng jalo le a go nkga sethitho go ya lesong and you will worship these powerful families forever. No offence against anyone in particular.
asking alot of questions
“the camp owner had not bothered to visit the family since the tragedy struck, but simply sent a junior officer to send his condolences.”
The Former Employer does not seem to be there for the Family- which is a great pity If one is concerned for the Welfare of their staff they should be there for them especially at this time giving the grieving family support
We should not paint everyone with the same brush so to speak – This employer could be one of those employers who do not care about the wellbeing of their staff – they only care how much money they are making (Greed)
Has there been a Post Mortem. Someone should try to assist the family with legal assistance to get to the bottom of the story