The President has refused to appoint at least four people to the bench notwithstanding recommendation by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Internal wars in the judiciary have reached the press with allegations and threats of witchcraft. Almost the entire bench of the Court of Appeal (CoA) has been found to have been unconstitutionally and unlawfully appointed. As it is now, the CoA is not hearing cases. The sooner Batswana realise that the judicature has been captured by the President of the republic and the executive the better.
Twelve judges have signed the petition against the leadership of the Chief Justice, but only four have been suspended for undermining his authority. Why? Why this selective justice? The four judges have been reported to the police for receiving overpayments in terms of housing allowances whilst residing in government houses. It is unclear how the Registrar and Master of the High Court, as an accounting officer, paid this money to these judges in the first place.
