Mogae court case goes missing from the roll
ISAIAH MOREWAGAE
Staff Writer
The high profile corporate case involving former president, Festus Mogae, Chief Justice Julian Nganunu and ex-cabinet ministers and permanent secretaries failed to continue yesterday because it was missing from the court roll. The case is before Justice David Newman of the High Court.
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A source at the High Court said the case was supposed to be mentioned yesterday but it was omitted from the roll. However she could not say what led to the omission of the case. At the centre of the controversy is the battle for company shares among the business partners. The other partners in the dispute are Assistant Minister Charles Tibone and Mogae's one-time right hand man, Lawrence Lekalake. The case arose after a high level deal went awry leaving top figures facing-off in court. In one corner is Tibone, a renowned businessman and Lekalake. In the opposing camp is Mogae himself, Nganunu, Legwaila Legwaila, businessmen Sam Mpuchane, McClean Letshwiti, Nkobiwa Sebele, Goabaone Mokama, Tshipa Mothibatsela, Ludo Makhwade, Letlhogonolo Dabutha, Alfred Dube, Dikokole Mosinyi and Dzene Makhwade-Seboni. There is also Kgarebe Investments owned by Aloysius Kgarebe, JDM Investments - a company owned by Nganunu and his son Dziki, Letshwao Investments owned by Lesego Selotate and Lawrence Khupe, FGM Investments of Mogae, San Safaris of Emang Maphanyane, Tsela Alliance represented by Matenge Matenge.
Mogae and his company got wind of an emergency general meeting of 21st Century Holdings where a resolution to remove Mpuchane, Letshwiti, Maphanyane and Khupe as directors of the company on June 10, 2008, was to be mooted. They then approached the court on June 9 on an urgent application to forestall the resolution from being taken by Tibone and Lekalake. The applicants - Mogae and company - succeeded in the application.
Lawyer Tshepiso Lediretse represents Mogae's camp, while South African attorney, Cyril Ziman, represents Tibone, Lekalake, Liyanda Lekalake and 21st Century Holdings.
Efforts to get a comment from the Registrar and Master of High Court, Godfrey Nthomiwa, were unsuccessful as he was said to be in a meeting. The date of the next appearance is still to be decided.
