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Justice Lot Moroka found that the election process held on January 13, 2023, was flawed and did not follow proper procedures.“As a result, the appointment of the Kgosana has been set aside and the seat of Kgosana for Mogotha Ward has been declared...

Magosi said the agency did not act in contempt of court after failing to pay the former employees as ordered by a Tribunal on Intelligence and Security, and the delay was caused by internal miscommunication and budget constraints, not a refusal to...

The dispute centres on the interpretation of regulations that govern how workers are paid for extra hours, the officers are complaining of gruelling hours without adequate compensation.Mohlouoa Motseko, leading 143 officers, has taken a firm stance...

Last week Thursday, it was reported that a deputy sheriff arrived at the premises after obtaining a warrant to attach the items to recover the money owed to a construction company, Hitecon, that had previously carried out some maintenance work for...

At a consultative forum held yesterday under the theme 'Reimaging Custodial Care and Correctional Services', the prison service officials outlined the need to modernise prison laws to align with international standards and support the...

The Administration of Justice yesterday announced that the President Advocate Duma Boko, acting on the recommendation of the Judicial Service Commission appointed the pair. Their appointment follows the recent loss of Justice Singh Walia. Their...

He made the suggestive remarks on Tuesday when ruling that the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development unlawfully dismissed one of its employees, ordering his immediate reinstatement along with full back pay and benefits.Justice Kebonang...

The matter is between Balemetse Melitah Kobe Seleka, the claimant to the bogosi seat, and the Attorney General, the Minister of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, being Ketlhalefile Motshegwa, and Kobe Baitswi, who is the recognised...

In court documents filed by the Ministry of Local Government and Traditional Affairs, the government says that Baitswi was lawfully and properly appointed, and that he was chosen by the people of Seleka themselves.This response comes after Seleka...

They are accusing their bosses of setting a dangerous precedence by using their high end positions as a shield from the law. “They are attempting to avoid rightful imprisonment for contempt of court by making weak and misleading claims about...

The Gaborone High Court Judge, Zein Kebonang, yesterday set aside the imprisonment order after finding out that the two directors were not personally served with the contempt application during its filing.“After confirmation from both parties that...

The case involves Major Gaenamele Baitsemi, a former officer in the Botswana Defence Force (BDF), who successfully challenged disciplinary action taken against him by the army, where on December 8, 2023, Justice Moesi issued a spoken ruling that...

The court stressed that the matter involved questions about security, government authority, and the responsibilities of different departments and took the decision not to interfere with what had been set, though it recognised that it was the duty of...

The court bench of Justices Lot Moroka, Leatile Dambe, and Modiri Letsididi struck out the appeal, saying the notice and grounds of appeal were filed without any signature of either appellant or the attorney representing it."There was no compliance...

Justice Zein Kebonang, yesterday, in his ruling, held that the allegations of corruption, abuse of power, and unlawful arrest raised in the plaintiff’s declaration are neither scandalous, vexatious, nor irrelevant, but rather central to her...