They had through their attorney, Morris Ndawana, made an application for a no case to answer. They allegedly promoted the trafficking of Sakina Estoni, Mary Mhone, Malise Biston, Graig Kapota and Tomasi Chirwa who are all citizens of Malawi. Reading a lengthy judgement, Moesi said all the alleged victims of trafficking vehemently denied that the accused persons trafficked them from Malawi en route through Botswana to South Africa.
Instead, Moesi said, the alleged victims told the court that their relatives in South Africa asked the accused persons to assist them (victims) to travel from Malawi to South Africa. He stated that all the victims, save for one, had valid passports, adding that others were found in possession of travelling documents that only allowed them to pass through Zambia and not Botswana after the police arrested them at Kazungula border post. Conversely, Moesi noted that all the accused persons had valid passports. Moesi said the investigating officer in the matter, Akanyang David, testified that they arrested the victims after discovering that they didn’t know where they were going to in South Africa.
