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Mpho Mokwape
  • DPP should be independent from AG-Commission

    The Director is referred to as a public officer and has always been subject to supervision from the AG but the Commission has recommended that Section 51A (1) of the Constitution be amended to make it discretionary whether the Director should consult...

  • The embarrassment, humiliation is punishment enough – Morupisi

    The embattled Morupisi on Wednesday had the court fully baffled when he backtracked on his initial decision not to mitigate before his sentencing and told court that he was ready to mitigate.After taking the stand and explaining his supposedly...

  • Morupisi denies financing charity with public funds

    The convicted Morupisi denied the allegations on Wednesday when he took the stand to give a colourful picture of his supposedly long-distinguished public and community service detailed in a curriculum vitae explaining that he had no idea where the...

  • Gaborone-Maun route causes rift between transport giants

    The two parties, who are well-known transport companies that mainly deal with passenger transport logistics, have not been seeing eye to eye due to pre-booking and pre-ticketing of trips on the route.Motsatsi, which has been plying the route a bit...

  • Car-flagging interference costs cop job

    The ex-officer, Tshoganetso Ketshabang who before his dismissal from the police force held the rank of Sub Inspector had worked for 23 years as a police officer.According to court papers, on May 4, 2016, he was subjected to disciplinary hearing...

  • DPSM wins to stop school managers’ allowance

    The Public Service Management had decided to appeal a 2021 court order, which directed that school managers once employed as teachers and held prerequisite skills that attracted scarce skills before being promoted to managerial positions be paid...

  • Khama, Kgosi demand criminal charges docket

    The two co-accused are demanding the docket from the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and Attorney General (AG). They have filed a review application against the DPP challenging their criminal charges related to the alleged possession of...

  • CoA overturns 'mob killing' murder conviction

    The now free man, Bathusi Mpitsi, was convicted on a single count of murder and sentenced to 18 years in prison.He was accused of abetting and aiding in the mob killing of the deceased (unnamed) at Mahalapye in 2016 but he was the only one who stood...

  • Operate within the law—Court tells DIS

    The Court of Appeal said on Friday the DIS was "a creature of statute and its powers are prescribed and circumscribed by the Act" when it ordered that the spy unit returns Anthony Khama’s property to him.The DIS had seized Khama's...

  • Khama, Kgosi challenge decision on criminal charges

    The two, facing 20 [Kgosi] and 13 [Khama] criminal charges, ranging from unlawful possession of firearms, arms and ammunition, and stealing by a public officer want the charges reviewed and set aside on grounds that they are outright irrational, made...

  • Morupisi's troubles with the law

    Who is Morupisi?Morupisi is a Motswana who was appointed the Permanent Secretary to the President and Secretary to Cabinet in October 2014 and left the public sector in 2019 still holding the same position. According to his biography, he began his...

  • Morupisi: From anti-corruption hero to villain

    It is said that karma is the ‘belief that all the good and bad things that you do in this life affect how good or bad your future life will be’. Whether the Chinese were wrong or not, it would not matter to them as long as they believe Morupisi...

  • DIS to return Khama's property

    Today's CoA bench comprising Judge President Tebogo Tau and Justices Isaac Lesetedi and Singh Walia set aside the order of the High Court that the DIS used to search and seize Khama’s property.“The search warrant is not enforceable or...

  • Court intervenes as Chiepe family fights dirty

    The drama is unfolding publicly as family members comprising Dr Chiepe’s nieces and nephews have embarked on a bitter war path that has even reached the courts.As they accuse each other of deceit and betrayal regarding the icon who is referred to...

  • Morupisi marathon case

    The much-anticipated verdict was postponed at least three times in a row since the trial ended without much explanation.As it has been a long wait, it is expected that the verdict would be read, but for the former PSP, it seems it is something that...

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