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Unangoni Alton, who was convicted for a single charge of murder, was in April 2023 told he would have to hang by the neck for killing Kefilwe Mogorosi on October 25, 2012. He was sentenced by Gaborone High Court judge, Chris Gabanagae, after the...

Speaking on Saturday during the swearing in of the new CJ, Boko said the timing was right as the country had made a commitment to uphold human rights in every action, decision, intervention, and approach it undertakes. "The appointment of the new CJ...

But the media attention and public scrutiny intensified by the close of 2024 as he spent his Christmas holidays in jail after the Court of Appeal (CoA) slapped him with a seven-year jail term.This resulted in Morupisi becoming the biggest newsmaker...

The Corporation started rolling out smart meters in May 2024 year which was expected to cost P1.5 billion. Now part of the tender is affected by legal battles after the WUC outsourced its supply to the manufacturer of the meters, Hitong Holdings....

Garekwe stated that Morupisi's allegations that the justices presiding over his sentencing "mortgaged their conscience to the Executive" and tried to impress the President, has shredded to pieces and dragged in the mud the integrity of the CoA....

Justice Garekwe, who yesterday refused to recuse herself from presiding over a case in which the State is seeking to overturn Morupisi’s release from prison, has come down heavy on the latter and his attorneys for levelling unsubstantiated...

In his attempt to get the judge from his case where the State has filed an expedited appeal against his release from prison, Morupisi said he had hoped that Garekwe's conscience would have pricked her to recuse herself without the unenviable task...

Judicial Review “Re na le judge tsa mofuta mang, ke batho ba sebopego se se ntseng jang, naare re ba tsaya kae? Ba golagetse mo ditlhaloganyong, ga ba kgone go bona tsuulolo le kgatako ya ditshwanelo tsa motho, re tsaya kae batho ba (What kind of...

In the history of the country, no senior government official has been successfully tried for white collar crime and went to prison for it. As much as there have been cases nothing comes to the fore that has successfully sent an official to jail or...

The agents, Pulane Kgoadi, Paul Setlhabi and Kuda Malikongwa, Sebuweng Mukani and Mpho Molokwane who some of them were on various occasions arrested and detained by the DIS and the Botswana Police Service (BPS) officers recently made an interdict...

The reason Melco Structure is taking Hitong Holdings and Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) to court is that it entered into a Distribution Agreement between them in which it was given the exclusive mandate to advertise, market, and solicit clients...

Melco Structure being the aggrieved party contends that it put in the work for Hitong Holdings which is the manufacturer of the Smart Meters.The complaint company following its Distribution agreement with Hitong Holdings was tasked with advertising...

Bakoko Bakwena, an employee of the Ministry of Education, was recently reinstated by Justice Omphemetse Motumise with full benefits including arrears from the date of dismissal following his review application. “The decision of the Permanent...

Moakofi, who in 2021 was charged with a single count of corruption was last week acquitted and discharged by Magistrate Mareledi Dipate of Regional Magistrate’s Court on reasons that the State failed to prove its case against her. “The court...

The company, which provides Conference & Event Technology, was reportedly engaged during the inauguration to supply sound and audio equipment, a service they allege has not been paid despite numerous demands. In a letter of demand addressed to the...