Nchindo lawyers request for damaging reports
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The defence team have argued that the Slaughter and May report as well as the De Beers Confidential Report, which have been circulating in the media, have a bearing on the criminal trial of Garvas Nchindo and his co-accused, Joseph Matome.
Yesterday, defence lawyer, Lawrence Khupe, told the court that he believed that through a subpoena the reports would be produced. Senior State counsel, Matlhogonolo Phuthego, however, denied any knowledge of the existence of these reports. He said that the only document he was aware of that had already been availed to the defence team was a risk control report.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...