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Mpho Mokwape
  • Justice and Correctional Services gets P860m for prisons, inmates rehabilitation

    He explained that the Service is committed to ensuring safe custody, rehabilitation, and reintegration of offenders to promote societal protection and national development. “These funds will be utilised to cover operational expenses for Botswana...

  • Ramaotwana proposes DPP autonomy

    He explained that an independent DPP budget from that of the AGC would enable the Director, as a warrant holder, to prudently and efficiently run the affairs of the Directorate without being overly reliant on what has been apportioned to the DPP....

  • My mother's kind nature took her life – Daughter

    The matriarch of the family, a 68-year-old retired primary school deputy head, Elizabeth Ramolala and her two grandchildren, Katlego Ramolala, 17, and nine-year-old Alefa Ramolala, were shot and killed in their home in the early hours of February 25,...

  • DIS lawsuits pile up as more disgruntled spies emerge

    . The latest being agents, Sebuweng Mukani and Mpho Molokwane. This is just as the other agents were indefinitely suspended sometime March 2024 following allegations of leaking confidential information and are now suing a collective of P4.4million....

  • ‘Kebonang outburst did not mitigate any fears’

    Justices Isaac Lesetedi, Leatile Dambe, Johan Froneman, Edwin Cameron and Goemekgabo Tebogo-Maruping when analysing the recusal application against Justice Kebonang, said the principal ground on which the latter’s recusal was sought was clearly...

  • ‘CoA is final court of appeal in the country’

    The CoA pronounced decisively that there is nowhere in the Constitution that gives the High Court the powers to sit and review the judgments of the apex court including those dealing with the rights and freedoms of individuals. “The High Court does...

  • Death row quartet's hopes to escape execution

    Of the quartet, two death sentences of Ramotswiri Mokobela and Simba Mampori were confirmed whilst Unangoni Alton and Passmore Moyo escaped by a whisker.Ramotswiri Mokobela, death row inmateIn Mokobela’s case, CoA justices Leatile Dambe, Mercy...

  • Profitable Okavango Delta concession in power turmoil

    The former trustees of Okavango Kopano Mokoro Community Trust (OKMCT) have defied a court order and are reportedly refusing to vacate their seats for a new board of trustees. This has resulted in the trust and the new trustees filing for a contempt...

  • Do or die for Morupisi

    In the latest controversy surrounding the judiciary is the judicial hierarchy that will test the strength of the Court of Appeal and the High Court. Legally the appeals court has higher powers than the High Court and as a result, today's...

  • High Court twisted Walia’s statement-State

    State attorney, Tshiamo Rantao argued in court this week that the High Court misconstrued what was said and ran with it to justify the former Permanent Secretary to the President’s claim and released him from jail. In the State’s appeal against...

  • Morupisi in final close-down

    In the face of pressure and uncertainty, the former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) remained composed during court proceedings as his case came to a final closure before he could know his fate regarding his pending jail imprisonment. Clad...

  • You may judge me with Matsheka’s case - CJ Ketlogetswe

    Justice Ketlogetswe, in a detailed speech touching base about his life experiences that also shaped his jurist future, like escaping a clear possibility of being a victim of ritual killing, explained that people may ask themselves if the experiences...

  • Morupisi misses chance to challenge Justice Tau

    The corruption and money laundering convict denied the chance because justices of the CoA namely Isaac Lesetedi and Leatile Dambe refused to recuse themselves from his case. Alongside other judges, they dismissed his stay of proceedings application....

  • AG, DPP seek CoA authority in Morupisi case

    Today (Tuesday), the prosecution is appearing before the CoA seeking to send the former Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) to jail to serve the seven-year sentence that was imposed on him by the apex court. In the appeal, the AG and DPP...

  • Shake up in the judiciary

    The Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) government has set 100 days to make significant changes in the country and as the first 100 days come to an end this Sunday, the verdict will be out.For the Judiciary significant change has been made with the...

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