Former DPSM director appears for corruption

Matome yesterday appeared at Gaborone Regional Magistrate Court charged with two counts of corruption. Matome is alleged to have contravened Section 31 of the Corruption and Economic Crime Act punishable under Section 36 of the same Act.

It is alleged that the accused person "on or between October and November 2006 at or around Gaborone, being an employee of a public body, DPSM, knowingly failed to disclose her personal interest in the decision by the said public body in employing Goitsemodimo Precious Sewane, who is an immediate member of her family, being her niece".