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Mpho Mokwape
  • 'Bulela Ditswe chaos speak volumes about leadership'

    "The chaos today speaks volumes about our leadership." BDP's Molepolole constituencies, just like others on Saturday, experienced extended delays in various polling stations due to the reported late arrivals of the voters' rolls....

  • State queries plaintiffs' list in BDF retirees case

    AG, representing the Ministry of Defence and Security and the BDF, says the latest list of plaintiffs represented before the court contains some plaintiffs who don't have sufficient and direct interest in the case while some haven't signed...

  • Controversial P169m Thebephatswa Airbase tender suspended

    Hitecon had sought a court intervention citing irregularities after it was allegedly disqualified from the 2023 controversial tender for failing to provide a list of local sub contractors. The tender was allegedly awarded to Zhong Gan Engineering....

  • ‘Court has power to hear procurement related disputes’

    In his recent judgment where he decided on the controversial Botswana Defence Force (BDF), P169m tender dispute between the disqualified Hitecon (Pty) Limited and the awarded company, Zhong Gan Engineering (Pty) Ltd, Justice Kebonang said a party has...

  • Retired soldiers, Gov't settlement talks collapse

    The two parties last week Wednesday sat for talks with the aim of settling out of court. The government had proposed an out of court settlement after indicating that they have secured P1.5bn for the settlement. In a brief interview with an ex soldier...

  • BDF retirees

    On Monday, the Attorney General, the Ministry of Defence and Security and retired soldiers were supposed to face off in a case in which the latter is suing the government for transferring their pension to the Botswana Public Officers Pension Fund...

  • Kebonang dismisses State's leave to appeal in Kgosi gun case

    Despite the application being moot or having lost relevance, it was dismissed with costs. Justice Kebonang had at the time refused to recuse himself from the case after it was allocated to him after it was referred back to the High Court by the Court...

  • Bluthorn battles to recover losses

    BDO Botswana which is a partnership of auditors, was reportedly engaged by Bluthorn in 2016 and was subsequently reappointed from 2017 to 2019 to audit BFM . The embattled Bluthorn group was placed under liquidation in 2021 following a High Court...

  • State persuades court to refuse Morupisi withdrawal

    The State through DPP states the former Permanent Secretary to the President, who is now Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF) chairperson, has been closed out by the same court when the bench ruled that the appeal continue. DPP’s argument comes after...

  • DIS, DCEC superiority complex trigger clash

    “Rarely, has agencies or arms of government come into conflict with each other over their respective mandates to a level at which litigation ensues up and proceeds to the apex court of the jurisdiction? This is such a case. Our attention has not...

  • ‘Fingers point to Keetshabe in DIS, DCEC clash’

    Justices Isaac Lesetedi, Baaitse Nkabinde and Edwin Cameron said the AG (who at the time of the clash between the two organs was Abraham Keetshabe), acted nonchalantly to provide legal direction between the DIS and the DCEC to avoid escalation of the...

  • DIS had no business taking over DCEC offices—CoA

    On Friday, the court stated it was clear that the intelligence agency, without lawful authority, sealed the DCEC offices and that of then director-general, Tymon Katlholo. The Attorney General (AG) representing the DIS had appeared before CoA...

  • Forcing appeal against my wish is wrong, oppressive – Morupisi

    Morupisi, who last week was compelled by the Court of Appeal (CoA) to continue with his appeal despite his wishes to withdraw, says he no longer has the financial muscle to continue with his appeal and that any court rule that forces him to do so is...

  • Morupisi withdrawal argument ‘opportunistic’

    The appeal had been filed in relation to his conviction on two counts of corruption and one count of money laundering. However, on Tuesday the bench of the Court of Appeal President Justice Tebogo Tau, Justices Lakhvinder Singh Walia and Baaitse...

  • DIS, DPSM want judgment rescission against officers

    Now, in a filed rescission application dated June 11, 2024, they seek leave to defend the main action blaming the non appearance during scheduled set down of the matter to an honest mistake that resulted from Justice Kebonang’s switching courts. In...

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