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Mpho Mokwape
  • DIS spills beans on DCEC

    In its response to the lawsuit, the DIS has given a detailed background of events leading to Katlholo’s lawsuit. The DIS lead investigator, Jet Mafuta takes the stage to shred Katlholo's suit to pieces.Mafuta, who is a member of the Botswana...

  • DIS demands breakdown of Katlholo’s P2m suit

    The DIS has also challenged the former anti-corruption boss to give names of prominent persons that he claims in the suit were investigated by the DCEC and exact defamatory statement he accused the DIS of.The spy agency has filed a notice in terms of...

  • DIS denies tampering with DCEC investigation

    The spy unit in its defence said it was not aware of such allegations because the sealing of the corruption busting agency offices last year was never in relation to the said files.DIS lead investigator, Jet responded in an answering affidavit saying...

  • Katlholo denies interfering in DIS investigations

    Battling legal challenges, Katlholo, who seeks P2 million from the state for defamation, categorically denied assertions that he hindered inquiries into former Directorate of Intelligence and Security (DIS) chief Isaac Kgosi and military consultancy...

  • Court refutes Khama's 'fugitive' status

    The court’s declaration definitively puts an end to the ongoing assertions and speculations, purportedly fuelled by the State, regarding Khama’s alleged fugitive status and his presence in South Africa since approximately November 2021.Regional...

  • Khama loses stay criminal proceedings

    Khama who faces 13 criminal charges ranging from unlawful possession of firearms, arms and ammunition together with others, former spy boss Isaac Kgosi and suspended Commissioner of Police Keabetswe Makgophe made an application on notice of motion...

  • Recuse yourself-Infotrac boss to Walia

    The company’s director Mompoloki Motshidi, who feels aggrieved by what he perceived as Justice Walia’s treatment of his attorney during the hearing of the P100 million case, wants Justices of the Court of Appeal that presided over the appeal to...

  • ‘I admit Ngakaagae was given a torrid time’

    Attorney John Carr-Hartley admitted that the Justices gave attorney Kgosietsile Ngakaagae a hard time during arguments on the matter but denied any allegations of bias exhibited against Infotrac.Responding to allegations raised by Infotrac director...

  • DIS was out to humiliate me – Matsheka

    He is gunning for a staggering P19,160,800 in damages, among other things, for unlawful arrest, detention, and special damages in the form of legal fees and loss of income.Matsheka was a suspect in Standard One pupil, Tlotso Karema's murder which...

  • Matsheka raises stakes against DIS

    Matsheka, also a businessman, raised the stakes from his initial P10,720,000 in general damages he had demanded from the notice he issued against the State on August 19, 2022, to P19,160,800.Matsheka ,who was arrested on August 2, 202, by DIS...

  • CoA to decide on legality of Kgosi's guns

    The decision, which is expected on August 4, will determine if Kgosi gets his guns back that have long been in the possession of government since being seized from his residence in 2019.At the time, the State had argued that the guns were illegally...

  • Thamaga bogosi ‘heirs’ to sue

    The three daughters of the late Thamaga tribal leader, Kgosi Gobuamang Gobuamang, have written to the minister for the second time after what they allege was a failure on his part to respond to their first letter requesting his intervention in the...

  • Walia, Ngakaagae fracas in court

    This tendency can be irritating as aptly shown by Infotrac's attorney, Kgosietsile Ngakayagae who could not take it anymore when he blasted Justice Walia telling him: "I don't see the importance of being in court when you can't give...

  • Infotrac scoffs at Debswana ‘reputation card’

    Debswana and Infotrac came face to face at the Court of Appeal as the former tried to redeem its ‘reputational embarrassment’ after suffering a P110 million loss in a spying lawsuit against the latter.Infotrac did not have it with the diamond...

  • GUC loses fight for recognition of engineering graduates

    The college lost the case on Friday despite being a Botswana Qualifications Authority (BQA) accredited course.GUC had dragged ERB and its chairperson before court arguing that the decision of the board of not recognising the college’s degree,...

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