Kgosi and eight others face court subpoena

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The director general of the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS), Isaac Kgosi has been subpoenaed by the High Court after two men applied for him to be charged with contempt of court.

Thulaganyo Boiditswe and Tshepo Makgalemele who are directors of Sparkling Auto Care Botswana argue through their lawyer that Kgosi should be jailed for trying to intimidate them on a matter that is before court. The case emanates from a P1.6 million Citizen entrepreneurial Development Agency (CEDA) loan application for the opening of Sparkling Auto Care franchise at Airport Junction Mall in 2012, which the DIS said was fraudulent and was under investigation.

Five years later, the DIS insists it is still investigating the matter. In the papers filed on May 22, 2017, the duo state that they have never been charged with any criminal offence and therefore they were not aware that there is an investigating officer by the name of Innocent Bachobedi.

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