Court worker charged with giving false information

The state alleges that Neo Masuku and another not before court on November 25, 2015 at the Francistown Magistrate’s Court acting jointly with common purpose gave false information to Tshepiso Puoeng, an immigration administrator, and as such a public officer by stating that Simbarashe Mapfumo, a Zimbabwean, had a pending appeal case at the High Court and deserved an extension of his stay in Botswana which information they knew to be false in all material respects.

The charge sheet adds that the information caused Puoeng to extend Mapfumo’s stay in Botswana, which act she would not have done if the true state of facts were known to her (Puoeng). Testifying before court, Puoeng said she met Mapfumo on November 15, 2015 when he came to the immigration office to ask for a waiver to extend his stay in Botswana because he alleged that he had a case at the High Court here, which he wanted to appeal.