You have no right to name and shame – Gov’t tells Khama
Spira Tlhankane | Monday November 3, 2025 06:00
Khama, who is coming for everyone who forced him into self-exile between 2021 and 2024, asked a question in Ntlo Ya Dikgosi this week claiming that there are public officers who are currently serving and have committed the most unlawful acts, but have not been suspended.
He said the President Duma Boko-led government portrays itself as a human rights promoter but continues to harbour alleged criminals who violate human rights.
Although he didn’t drop names, Khama asked Ramaotwana why there are discrepancies in the justice system where some senior government functionaries in the past and present, particularly in some law enforcement agencies, have been involved in alleged criminal activities with evidence given in court papers but have not been charged, whilst others who have committed lesser offences appear in court on a regular basis.
In response to the claims made by Khama, Ramaotwana indicated that it is the function of the courts to make pronouncements such as “the worst human rights violators” and it would be the duty of the Government, acting in terms of the Public Service Act, to enforce such court orders when onboarding public servants or dealing with those already serving.
Dismissing Khama’s claims that some senior public servants are in alleged to have criminal activities, Ramaotwana said, “The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services deems all citizens equal before the law as provided for in our Constitution and with respect to criminal charges, the Directorate of Public Prosecutions proceeds based on lawful investigations undertaken by law enforcement agencies and presently we have no such cases involving senior Government functionaries”.
He added that the decision whether to suspend or not suspend a public officer alleged to be engaged in unlawful acts pending investigation rests on the appointing authority, either the Permanent Secretary to the President or the Director of Public Service Management. “The Government administrative procedures of dealing with public officers engaged in unlawful acts remain unchanged as laid forth in the Public Service Act,” Ramaotwana highlighted.
It is not the first time Khama has made a hint in the House on such matters. In the last sitting, Khama, who assumed the Chieftainship roles after the General Election last year, blamed his successor, former President Mokgweetsi Masisi, and the Director General (DG) of the Directorate on Intelligence and Security (DIS), Peter Magosi, for necessitating the ongoing forensic audit.
He then told Ntlo Ya Dikgosi that two main perpetrators of abuse of office in government brought about the situation that necessitated the forensic audit. In a question he posed to the Minister of State President, Khama said one perpetrator exited government on October 30, 2024, but the other continued in his position in government to abuse his office into 2025.
Khama even told his subjects last month that everyone from the past administration led by Masisi is all gone except for Magosi. “Go setse e one hela,” he said. Khama has, in the past, not shied away from revealing how the DIS led by Magosi participated in persecuting him and his family during the height of his feud with Masisi.
Khama also told Bangwato that the regime change last year took out everyone, but Magosi is the only one remaining. Then, he was speaking at Kgosi Sediegeng Kgamane’s farewell ceremony held at Serowe Main Kgotla last month.