What the lawyers said...

Friday, November 30, 2007

Mmegi staff, GIDEON NKALA has followed every minute of the court deliberations around the case in which former senior civil servant, Elvidge Mhlauli, is answering charges of abuse of office. Below he captures the mood of the legal battle through quotations of officers of the court.

Manchwe: I shall only deal with facts and I will leave matters of the law to the court. I do not intend to lecture the court on matters of law (Wesson Manchwe, delivering his final submission).

Manchwe: Oremeng has not been cross-examined on this point. What has not been challenged is admissible. I would expect that the accused - represented by senior counsel as the advocate - should have been challenged on this point. (Manchwe addressing Van Zyn.

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