DIS, DPP and DCEC heads must fall

Is the State’s case against the Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) agent Welheminah Maswabi, or ‘Butterfly’, a public relations stunt, as some people have come to suspect?

The South African institutions named in the controversial case are drilling gaping holes in the case. The companies alleged to be involved do not exist; the bank accounts in the banks allegedly holding staggering amounts of money in which she is alleged to be a signatory do not exist; the preliminary digital forensic report dismissed the purported email exchanges between Maswabi and ex-spy chief Isaac Kgosi as hoax.

No need to repeat the charges faced by Maswabi but they are very serious charges. It is alleged that Ian Khama and Kgosi instructed Bank of Botswana (BoB) to open three bank accounts that were used to syphon  public funds amounting to over P100 billion.

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Routine child vaccination imperative

The recent Vaccination Day in Motokwe, orchestrated through collaborative efforts between UNICEF, USAID, BRCS, and the Ministry of Health, underscores a commendable stride towards fortifying child health services.The painful reality as reflected by the Ministry of Health's data regarding the decline in routine immunisation coverage since the onset of the pandemic, is a cause for concern.It underscores the urgent need to address the...

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