DIS report on opposition is fake :: Mmegi Online

A document claiming to expose the Directorate on Intelligence and Security’s (DIS) involvement in the ongoing opposition party’s internal squabbles is fraudulent, an investigation by INK Centre for Investigative Journalism shows.

Soon after the opposition, Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) returned from a violent congress in Bobonong, the media was awash with a document - code named Tholwana Borethe - claiming to reveal a secret plot by the spy agency to disrupt the opposition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) from toppling the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2019 general election.

INK Centre analysed the document with the help of International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) software engineer, Matthew Caruana Galizia and other local experts on intelligence and metadata and established that the Tholwana Borethe was done in a haste and carried serious and elementary errors.

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DIS report on opposition is fake

A document claiming to expose the Directorate on Intelligence and Security’s (DIS) involvement in the ongoing opposition party’s internal squabbles is fraudulent, an investigation by INK Centre for Investigative Journalism shows.

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