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The Corporation wants Lobatse High Court judge, Dr Ookeditse Maphakwane, to halt the case and send the parties to adjudication or arbitration under their P549.7 million contract. But, the contractor, through former Cabinet member and now project...

Justice Tapiwa Kganyago upheld a preliminary objection raised by the respondents and found that the consortium had failed to comply with Section 7 of the State Proceedings Act before seeking contempt orders against government officials.The applicants...

In an application filed before the High Court, Ponatshego Joseph through attorney Dr Tshepang Makwati is asking the court to compel the Commissioner of Police, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the District Commissioner for Palapye District,...

Justice Ranier Busang dismissed the bid by Cassius Tamaki, finding that he failed to establish either that the decision to retire him was unlawful or that government had violated any legitimate expectation by refusing to keep him in employment until...

The State's position is contained in heads of argument filed before Justice Tapiwa Kganyago, who is expected to determine whether senior government officials deliberately disobeyed previous court orders arising from the long-running procurement...

The newly opened stretch of the A3 is offering motorists something they have not felt in a long time, hope.For decades, the Francistown-Nata road has been known less for the journeys it carried than for the lives it claimed.Hardly a few months would...

The tiny Kgatleng rural village is situated about 35 kilometres south of Artesia through a dirt road. The residents, led by Ompegile Ratsie, Gofaone Leburu, Lorato Leburu and Bonolo Modise, have filed an urgent application through Ndzinge Makhamisa...

As 168 residents from here are battling the Kgatleng Land Board and others at High Court over what they describe as an unlawful eviction, the community has broken its silence, appealing to government, traditional leaders and the public to protect...

At the centre of the latest dispute is an application before the High Court’s Justice Tapiwa Kganyago in which Tawana Joint Venture accuses government officials of failing to comply with judgments of both the High Court and the Court of Appeal...

In an affidavit commissioned in Eswatini on June 30, Alithea director Vinay Roopchand informed the High Court that the company no longer wished to proceed with the application it had initially launched against FNBB.The latest development comes barely...

Launching the exercise here on Saturday, Assistant Minister for State President, Defence and Security, Maipelo Mophuting-Dikoloti, described the project as a crucial step towards safeguarding farmers' livelihoods and preserving Botswana's...

The bank's response comes weeks after Alithea obtained an interim High Court order allowing it to preserve documents and electronic records which it believes could help trace the alleged international funds transfer.In its founding papers,...

The staggering amount at the centre of the dispute has thrust Botswana's banking sector into unfamiliar territory, with the investor seeking court intervention, regulatory scrutiny and international assistance to trace the funds.Court papers...

Kweneng Land Board secretary, Pilane Morokotso, told Mmegi this week that the Board has begun summoning squatters to appear before it and explain their circumstances before formal eviction proceedings commence.Morokotso said the current Board sitting...

That ugly truth was dragged into the open at the Mokatako Kgotla men’s conference on 11 June, and the village has decided it has seen enough.Kgosi Omphitlhetse Manyeneng and Deputy Kgosi Tshepo Mosweu presided over the meeting, alongside...