Dust settles in missing spying case

Magosi and Mothobi at the High Court yesterday. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE
Magosi and Mothobi at the High Court yesterday. PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

The Gaborone High Court has brought to an end a simmering dispute to an end between senior members of the Botswana Defence Force, ordering the Commander not to institute any disciplinary hearings against the concerned individuals.

The Botswana Defence Force (BDF) hearing into the disappearance of ‘spying’ equipment died before reappearing before Judge Key Dingake yesterday, after the two parties in the matter settled out-of-court.

justice Dingake granted an order in terms of out-of-court settlement. Upon hearing attorneys Dick Bayford, Joao Salbany and Onalethata Kambai for the applicants and David Moloise appearing with P Kgoadi for the three respondents, Dingake ordered that the proceedings before the Board of Inquiry were terminated forthwith.

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