Former BHC CEO charged for selling house to Kgosi
Mpho Mokwape | Monday December 4, 2023 06:00
The other accused person is Babosele Balule, BHC Corporate Counsel charged with corruption and forgery by Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
According to the charge sheet filed on November 14, 2021 before Gaborone Magistrate's Court, the first accused Motswaiso, now a pensioner is accused of selling a BHC house to a company called Silver Shadows (PTY) Ltd) represented by Kgosi as its director.
Motswaiso allegedly sold the institutional house located in Extension 11 without authority of BHC.
Particulars of the offence is that the 60 year old Motswaiso on or about the May 7, 2021, at Gaborone while employed as Chief Executive Officer of BHC made the sale of institutional house without authority.
“The first accused person, Motswaiso in the Gaborone Administrative District of the Republic of Botswana, whilst a public officer employed as Chief Executive Officer of BHC, a public body, directly used his position as such, to obtain valuable consideration for the benefit of Silver Shadows (PTY) Ltd duly represented by Issac Seabelo Kgosi as Director in the form of a sale of a BHC institutional house No. 4884 Extension 11, Gaborone without authority of the Botswana Housing Corporation Board,” reads the charge sheet.
On count two of forgery, Balule, BHC Corporate Counsel is accused of making a false extract of minutes with intent to defraud BHC Board purporting that the said Board at its Gaborone meeting of May 26, 2021 resolved to sell a house to Silver Shadows company.
“The second accused person, Balule, sometime between the months of May and June 2021, exact date unknown to the prosecution, in Gaborone, in the Gaborone Administrative District of the Republic of Botswana, with intend to defraud Botswana Housing Corporation, made a false extract of Minutes of Botswana Housing Corporation Board purporting that the said Board at its meeting of the 26th of May 2021, resolved to sell House No. 4884 in Extension II, Gaborone, which is an institutional house, to Silver Shadows (PTY) Limited whilst he knew that the Board never met as alleged and never made any such resolution,” stated the charge sheet.
Meanwhile, Silver Shadows came into the spotlight in 2011 when Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) started investigating Kgosi. He was later summoned before DCEC around February 2012, and questioned about his lifestyle as it was alleged he was living beyond his means. DCEC’s investigations pointed to a company known as Silver Shadows, which was revealed to be Kgosi’s private company.
Silver Shadows, incorporated in 2009, with Kgosi as the sole shareholder in 2011reportedly acquired from Choppies Enterprises (Pty) Ltd shares at a purchase price of P3, 999,990.
Following such investigations and many charges laid against Kgosi, in one of the court papers DCEC revealed that it received a number of allegations relating to Kgosi personally one being that Kgosi was depositing a lot of cash in his personal accounts including money belonging to government, which came into his possession by virtue of his employment.
DCEC alleged that the money had been received from Debswana Diamond Company for the benefit of the DIS but that such money was deposited into the account of Silver Shadows (PTY) Ltd.
Further DCEC said with respect to the payment from Debswana Diamond Company, it emerged that Kgosi used to work with head of security at Debswana for Silver Shadows (PTY) Ltd to be appointed to undertake a security risk assessment.
Silver Shadows was alleged to have been engaged without following the procurement process for Debswana.