Dust settles in missing spying case
Thursday, June 19, 2014
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.
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...